The downtown Santa Cruz farmers market is extending its operating hours on Wednesdays, now opening a half-hour earlier and running from 12:30 to 5 p.m. It will be closed on Dec. 24 and 31.
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Switch Bakery to open Santa Cruz café focused on gut-friendly baked goods
Husband-and-wife bakers Joshua Bradley and Amanda Frazier, founders of Switch Bakery, are opening their first brick-and-mortar café in downtown Santa Cruz before the end of the year, expanding beyond their popular farmers market stalls.
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Market match increases to $20 at downtown Santa Cruz farmers market
Starting in July, CalFresh/EBT shoppers at the downtown Santa Cruz farmers market can receive up to $20 in matching funds through the market match program, thanks to a grant from Kaiser Permanente.
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Scotts Valley farmers market to host Summer Sweets Foodshed Project on June 28
Scotts Valley’s farmers market welcomes in summertime with fresh, local fruit and vegetables, plus activities including face painting, a scavenger hunt and smoothie-making with a bicycle-powered blender.
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Downtown Santa Cruz farmers market move delayed until June 4
The downtown Santa Cruz farmers market’s planned move from its current location to a new spot up the street has been postponed until June due to logistical issues.
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Downtown Santa Cruz farmers market will move to its new location on May 21
After more than 30 years in its familiar Cedar Street lot, the Wednesday downtown Santa Cruz farmers market will relocate one block away on May 21 to make way for the new library and housing project breaking ground in June. The market’s temporary new home — stretching along Cedar Street and around the Cruzio building — will host the weekly event for the next two to three years as the city and market leaders work toward a permanent, purpose-built site downtown.
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Santa Cruz will explore conversion of downtown library into housing and permanent farmers market
The Santa Cruz City Council voted unanimously to explore the potential of converting the existing downtown library lot into a mixed-use development with a public plaza for the downtown farmers market.
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Downtown farmers market prepares for May move to temporary location two blocks away
This May, in preparation for the groundbreaking on Santa Cruz’s mixed-use library project, the weekly downtown farmers market will move from its current location to a site two blocks away along Cedar Street and Church Street. The market plans to stay at this temporary spot for two to three years while it looks at options for a permanent home downtown – possibly on the site of the current downtown library.
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Eaters Digest: Focaccia sandwiches at Melrose Café
Lily Belli lauds the stunning, springy focaccia that Melrose Café uses for its sandwiches, which you can find at the Westside Santa Cruz and Live Oak farmers markets.
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Stunning focaccia the star in sandwiches, and sweet treats, at farmers market stall Melrose Café
At the Saturday Westside Santa Cruz and Sunday Live Oak farmers markets, Melrose Café makes dynamic sandwiches on chewy homemade focaccia. Owner Cameron Meyers has been working in high-end local restaurants since she was 19, and honed her bread-baking skills while working at a remote Alaskan resort.