Category: Farmers Market Report

Pakistan Mulberries Grower: Pudwill Farms Description: The Pakistan mulberry, while similar to the Persian mulberry is a separate species. It is elongated in shape, usually three inches long, and dark purple in color with a green stem. The fruit is mild, with a unique sweet and spicy flavor, and balanced acidity.  THE FARMS:   Coastal Organics- …

Fresh Green Almonds Grower: Fat Uncle Farms Description: Fresh, green almonds produces a peach-like feel over green skin. A translucent, gelatinous substance surrounds the nut inside.  THE FARMS:   Coastal Organics- Carpinteria, CA Castelfranco….white radicchio Italian bunching onions Lambs Quarter Radish- Black, Watermelon Nantes carrots Mixed baby lettuces Baby broccoli Rutiz – Arroyo Grande, CA Fennel …

Vanigila Sanguigino Blood Orange Grower: Tom King Farms Description: Vanilla Blood oranges are medium-sized with a pinkish-orange rind. Its skin is thin with a pink albedo, or inner rind. The juicy flesh of the Vanilla Blood oranges has a pinkish hue that extends into the center of the citrus. The color comes from a carotenoid called …

Green Strawberries Grower: Black Sheep Produce Description: Green strawberries exhibit the youth of any given red strawberry variety that has been plucked before maturity. Thus their color is pale green with slight pink blushing and trademark seeds lining the skin in hues of green and red. The flavor of green strawberries is lean and tart, displaying …

SUMO Citrus Grower: Suntreat Description: The SUMO CITRUS™ is a large mandarin, with a distinctive bump-like projection at its stem tip and quintessentially easy-to-peel skin. Its beneficial characteristics include: it is seedless, extremely sweet with a juicy forward flesh. It sections easily as it contains less albedo (the white netting covering individual sections) than other varieties. …

Laker Baker Potatoes   Grower: Weiser Description: Laker Baker potatoes are a medium size, yellow-fleshed potato with purple and gold skin. The dominant skin color is purple, while the lighter gold coloring surrounds the potatoes “eyes”. The potatoes are roughly the size of a Yukon Gold or new potato, with firm, waxy flesh and creamy, buttery …

Baby Purple Artichokes Grower: Lifes a Choke Description: The Fiesole artichoke is defined by its tulip shaped floret and deep violet-wine colored exterior that fades little when cooked. It is harvested young (at approximately 2 inches in diameter) for its tenderness and rich flavor. An immature Fiesole artichoke also has the advantage of being virtually chokeless, …

Romanesco Grower: Rutiz Farms Description: Green Romanesco cauliflower produces almost florescent lime-green heads with tightly-beaded pointed florets that resemble individual spiraling cauliflower castles. Crunchy and nutty, this unique cauliflower offers a sweeter and milder flavor than regular white cauliflower.    THE FARMS:   Coastal Organics- Carpinteria, CA Pink turnips White Turnips Radish- Black, Watermelon Nantes carrots …

Meiwa Kumquats Grower: Garcia Farms Description: Meiwa kumquats are distinguished by their more rounded versus oval shape and their level of sweetness. In fact they are often simply referred to as the sweet kumquat. Meiwa kumquats are entirely edible, rind, flesh and the occasional soft seeds. Meiwa kumquats have a thick, smooth oily peel with aromatic …

  Green Garlic Grower: Coleman Description: Green garlic are young, short-season garlic plants that are harvested before they begins to form mature bulbs or cloves. Green garlic range in height from 8-18″, producing thin, green stalks and small, cylindric to globular white bulbs. Green garlic has bright, piquant garlic flavor and a succulent firm texture.  THE …