Right under our noses: Farms within 100 miles of SF

Bloggers nationwide are taking up the Eat Local Challenge.  Some of what I write about during the challenge may be San Francisco specific, as I do the research for my own Eat Local Challenge.

Below, you will find a list of farms that travel less than 100 miles to attend the Saturday Ferry Building Farmer's Market.  There may be more, but this will give you a start.

Special thanks to CUESA who not only provided this list, but had to create it for me!

To those of you in other parts of the country: Tap your farmer's market management for a similar list.  They may be able to provide some assistance, and it will be nice for them to know that this sort of list is important.

Allstar Organics
Bariani Olive Oil
Bella Viva Orchards
Bodega Goat Cheese
Brooks and Daughters
Brookside Farm
Bruins Farms
Cache Creek Farms
Capay Fruits & Vegetables
DeVoto Gardens
Dirty Girl Produce
Eatwell Farm
Ella Bella Farm
Everything Under the Sun
Far West Fungi
Four Sisters Farm
Frog Hollow Farm
G & S Farms
G. L. Alfieri Farms
Genuine Exotic Melons
Green Gulch Farm
Happy Quail Farms
Heirloom Organic Gardens
Hidden Star Orchards
Highland Hills Farm
Hog Island Oyster Company
Iacopi Farm
Jeff Young Farms
K & J Orchards
Knoll Farms
Lagier Ranches
Little Organic Farm
Lucero Organic Farms
Marin Sun Farms
Mariquita Farm
Marshall's Farm Honey
McGinnis Ranch
Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Co.
Redwood Hill Farm
Sciabica & Sons
Short Night Farm
Small Potatoes
Spring Hill Jersey Cheese
Star Route Farms
Swanton Berry Farm
Tierra Vegetables
VB Farms 
Zuckerman's Farm

Comments

[rache]

this is fantastic. i will ask our market manager here in la for a similar list. i think that the eat locally challenge should be a "no brainer" for the sf crowd!

[shuna]

this is a beautiful thing.

[sam]

Jen -

do you know anything about being able to buy local staples (as opposed to fresh produce)

I am thinking of flour, mainly,
right now. do we have wheat firlds and millers in the area?
I am sure I will think of other things too

I assume we cant buy a local sugar/coffee/chocolate
(no guilt about buying locally made artisnal choccies instead!)
spices?

sam

[jen]

Sam - I am going to post about this further - probably tomorrow. I am in Southern California, so can't respond at length.

The most local source of wheat flour I can find is Full Belly Farms - they are at the Berkeley (Tuesday), Marin (Thursday) and a couple of other markets. They are a fantastic resource for this challenge, as the breadth of what they offer is amazing. I am going to place a call to them next week to confirm they have flour for the challenge. But I know they have provided it in the past.

I am not sure about oats. I think they may be one of my exceptions, as I can't find a local source -- anyone else?

One of my main concerns was rice. I have chosen to use rice from Lundberg Farms. Technically 125 miles, so it will be one of my exceptions -- but they make white and brown rice and are available at WF and Rainbow (bulk)

jen