Ripe Now! Fennel I Over $385k worth of nutrition incentives distributed at our markets in 2024!

2025 is fennel-y here! Our team is rested and ready to put on another wonderful year of farmers’ markets here in Berkeley. We’re also excited to continue exploring ways to be more creative and less wasteful with the fruits of our farmers’ labor, namely by incorporating ingredients that intrigue but intimidate into our meals. Ingredients like fennel!

Luckily, it doesn't take much thought to cook with fennel. Fennel has an anise aroma but it's subtle, and this vegetable can even be used from its round bulb to its wispy fronds. Using it is as easy as dicing up the bulb to add to your mirepoix, or slicing it thinly to toss in a salad. Add whole stalks to a homemade broth, and chop the fronds to garnish your soups, pastas, and salad. Find fennel throughout the winter at Narci Organics, Golden Rule Organics, Riverdog Farm, Full Belly Farm, and Happy Boy Farm.

Winter Fennel Orange Salad

Serves 4 as a side.

Ingredients

1/2 lemon, juiced
2 tbsp olive oil
salt and pepper to taste
1 head lettuce
1 finely sliced fennel bulb
1 large orange, peeled and sliced vertically, seeds removed.
3 oz Stepladder Creamery chevre
1/4 lb Kaki Farm walnuts, chopped and roasted

Instructions

In a jar or small bowl, whisk together the lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper.
Line your salad plate or bowl with greens and chopped fennel. Arrange slices of orange over top. Sprinkle with toasted walnuts and crumbled cheese.
Drizzle the dressing over, toss, and enjoy!

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Current Vendors

Downtown Berkeley

Achadinha Cheese Co.

All Things Sharp

Andy's Thai

~~Avalos Farm~~

Bariani Olive Oil

Bolani

Big Little Bowl

Bun Bao

C+M Farm

Coracao Confections

Dirty Girl Produce

Edith's Pie

Flying Disc Ranch

Four Sisters Farm

Frog Hollow Farm

Gattonelli

Good Faith Farm

(every other week)

Golden Rule Organics

Happy Boy Farms

Higher Land Coffee

Joodooboo Tofu

Kaki Farm

Kashiwase Farm

Laguna Garden Bakery

Lifefood Gardens

Little Fish

Massage

Morell's Bread

Obour Hummus

Pomo Tierra Orchard

Phoenix Pastificio

Primavera Tamales

Queen of Sheeba Honey

Riverdog Farm

Roli Roti

Smit Farms

Solano Mushroom

Stepladder Creamery

Tamales La Oaxaqueña

Three Stone Hearth

~~True Grass Farms~~

~~Vang Family Farm~~

VIO Pastry

Your Granola Garden

South Berkeley

Andy's Thai

Alexandre Family Farm

~~Avalos Farm~~

Basecamp Bakery

Billy Bob Orchard

Brokaw Ranch

Blossom Bluff Orchard

Bun Bao

Donna's Tamales

Dirty Girl Produce

Frog Hollow Farm

Full Belly Farm

Flying Disc Ranch

Golden Rule Organics

Kaki Farms

Kashiwase Farm

Lucero Organics

Massa Organics

Narci Organics

Oya Organics

Phoenix Pastificio

Queen of Sheeba Honey

Riverdog Farm

Roadside Rotisserie

Rufi's Cacao

~~Sea to Sky Farm~~

Solano Mushroom

Smit Farms

Stepladder Creamery

~~Summer Solace~~

(every other week)

The Fruit Tree

Three Stone Hearth

Yume Boshi

(every other week)

North Berkeley

ALD & Y Organics

All Things Sharp

Big Little Bowl

Blossom Bluff Orchards

Bun Bao

Crane Creek Growers

Donna's Tamales

E&H Mushroom Farm

Edith's Pie

Farmor's Dressing

Frog Hollow Farm

Golden Rule Organics

~~Kashiwase Farm~~

Lifefood Garden

Little Fish

Massa Organics

Massage

Morell's Bread

Phoenix Pastificio

Pomo Tierra Orchard

Rasa Rasam

Riverdog Farm

Roadside Rotisserie

The Fruit Tree

Uplands Apiary

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Over $385k worth of nutrition incentives distributed at our markets in 2024

In 2024, our market crew processed over $225,000 worth of CalFresh transactions so that the certified farmers in our farmers' market could accept Calfresh benefits. In addition, our staff distributed $160,000 worth of federal and state- funded Market Match incentives to customers across the three Berkeley Farmers' Markets, making fresh produce more affordable. That's roughly $385,000 worth of extra sales for our farmers and food purveyors, and $385,000 worth of sustainable-produced foods nourishing our community – over $50,000 more than in 2023.

Learn more about Market Match

Thank you for supporting our markets!

We'd like to take a moment to extend gratitude to all who generously donated in 2024 to support the operation of the Berkeley Farmers' Markets, as well as those who turned up at the markets week after week to shop and directly benefit the livelihoods of small farmers and food businesses. Our mission to create a more just food system couldn't be attempted without you!