Farmer's Market - September 4

I arrived at the Ferry Building before most people this morning. The market opens at 8am and at 7:30am, when the sun was shining and the city was still cool and quiet, I found the CUESA booth where I would be volunteering for a few hours. CUESA is the Center for Urban Education for Sustainable Agriculture and is the organization reponsible for bringing the farmers at the market together with the public. Their mandate is to create a forum where people can learn about food and agriculture, especially sustainable farming and its importance.

I decided to volunteer a few hours of my time, a couple of times a month to see what's it all about, to learn as much as I can, to meet people and maybe be able to hobknob with some well known chefs. Booth duty is not very glamourous but I did get to meet some really nice people and I stole away to see the chef's demonstration (Annie Sommerville of Greens). Booth duty involves validating parking, answering questions, selling water, aprons, t-shirts and bags. I also did my own shopping when I was done - fresh buffalo mozarella, baguette, basil, peaches, figs, early girl and heirloom tomatoes.