At the urging of some Santa Cruz County farmers markets, the California Senate and Assembly voted last week to reinstate funding to Market Match through the California Nutrition Incentive Program, which allows those on SNAP benefits to match some spending at local farmers markets with additional funds. Gov. Gavin Newsom still has to sign off on the budget in order for the funds to be reinstated.
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Facing imminent move, Live Oak farmers market proposes new location at a local school
Market organizers are proposing a move to either Shoreline Middle School or Live Oak Elementary School, and will open the conversation at a district board meeting Wednesday. The Live Oak farmers market will leave the East Cliff Village Shopping Center, where it has been held for 22 years, at the end of April.
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Live Oak farmers market gets 30-day reprieve, can stay at East Cliff lot through April
Swenson Builders granted Santa Cruz Community Farmers’ Markets a 30-day extension on its lease at the East Cliff Village Shopping Center in Live Oak. The 22-year-old market will now continue at the East Cliff Drive location through April as organizers search for a new home in the Live Oak area.
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Sunday marks Live Oak farmers market’s last day at East Cliff Village after lease talks fail
Santa Cruz Community Farmers’ Markets is searching for a new home for its Sunday market in Live Oak after the nonprofit organization was unable to agree to new lease terms with property owner Swenson Builders. Sunday will be the last market at the East Cliff Village Shopping Center, where it’s been held for 22 years.
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Farmers markets rally to save vital assistance for low-income shoppers
For the past 15 years, the Market Match program has doubled what SNAP recipients can spend at local farmers markets on fresh fruits and vegetables. Now, the state is considering withdrawing its funding.
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Fundraising farmers market pop-ups wrap up a successful return season
Santa Cruz Community Farmers’ Markets raised more than $10,000 for its community food programs this year as its pop-up breakfast series returned from a pandemic pause, with chefs Andy Huynh and Katherine Stern piloting sold-out events.
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‘A flower that blossomed’: El Huarache grows despite modest beginnings, setbacks
From selling tlacoyos, tamales and empanadas alongside her mother on the streets of Mexico City to stalls at Watsonville farmers markets and now restaurants including downtown Santa Cruz’s El Huarache, Juliette Govea and her family members oversee a sprawling food business.
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Made with free-range sheep milk, Garden Variety Cheese proves it’s anything but
Garden Variety Cheese has been a farmers market mainstay for over a decade. The cheese brand is the brainchild of Rebecca King’s Monkeyflower Ranch, based in Royal Oaks. Along with sheep cheese and yogurt, King sells pork, lamb and eggs.
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Produce prescription program launches in Live Oak
Platos de Bienestar: Healthy Plates aims to make it easier for 60 patients of the Live Oak Health Center to get more fresh fruits and vegetables in their diets, and participants can fill that prescription at the Live Oak farmers market.
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From cod to squid salad, H&H Fresh Fish offers more than just salmon at Santa Cruz County farmers markets
H&H Fresh Fish started off as a way for Hans Haveman to sell his salmon catch. Now, it mostly gets its catch from other local fishers. H&H has expanded to more than a dozen different farmers markets from Aptos to Oakland, as well as a main location at the Santa Cruz Harbor.