by Timothy Rutt
Business of the year the Altadena Farmers' Market is open today, and teases us with a couple of items;
The Pig & Pastry Pie Co. will return, with beef shepherd's pies, vegan cauliflower curry pies, steak and ale pies, and chicken pot pies. And fried apple pies? Wow!
Also: Blaise and Delacroix will be back, making music for your shopping pleasure.
The Altadena Farmers' Market is at Loma Alta Park (Lincon Avenue & Palm Street), from 3-7 PM.
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by Timothy Rutt
The Altadena Farmers' Market is open today from 3-7 PM, if you need to get some last-minute Thanksgiving stuff as well as stuffing.
The Cityfarm will have turkeys available, Morning Glory Confectioners will have pies, and Handmade Floral will have a selection of seasonal flowers o or bouqets, perfect for your table or for your hosts'.
And not to forget: Ben Potter is offering knife sharpening, so get your carver ready for the big day!
The Altadena Farmers Market is 3-7 PM Wednesday at Loma Alta Park, 600 W. Palm St.
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by Timothy Rutt
The Altadena Farmers' Market is showcasing select locan artisans during the pre-holiday shopping season. On Wednesday, the beautiful cutting boards of local artisan Kit Mazis (pictured) will be featured -- good for a gift (or as a gift to yourself!)
The Altadena Farmers Market is 3-7 PM Wednesday at Loma Alta Park, 600 W. Palm St.
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by TImothy Rutt
There'll be a lot of activity at tomorrow's Altadena Farmers' Market.
The Altadena Farmers Market will be Wednesday, Nov. 6, from 3-7 PM.
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by TImothy Rutt
Wednesday is the day before Halloween, so why not test-drive your costume ideas at the Altadena Farmers' Market tomorrow?
And while you're at it, dance the night away: The Connected Dancer will be holding their Autumn Harvest Dance right at the Farmer's Market. There will be free dance lessons, performances, costume parade and contest, and dancing in the grass. Celebrate the autumn harvest and swing around your favorite partner! Absolutely free - all ages and feet welcome!
In the food realm, market manager Joseph Shuldiner tells us:
Our friends at Common Loon Kitchen & Grocery have made a hot sauce sourced mostly from the Altadena Farmers' Market. We have peppers at Ellwood Canyon Farms, apples at Ha's Apple Farm, and Etheridge Canyon Farm, and onion, garlic and carrots from Moua Farm. Peppers are going out of season soon so be sure to stock up for pickling and drying. Apples, carrots, onion, and garlic can be used together in a number of variations. But a coleslaw or pureed soup come to mind.
The Altadena Farmers' Market will be from 3-7 PM Wednesday, Oct. 30, at Loma Alta Park, 600 W. Palm Street.
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by Timothy Rutt
The Altadena Farmer's Market continues Wednesday, Oct. 23, at Loma Alta Park, Lincoln Avenue and Palm St. next to the Community Garden.
Last week started winter hours, from 3-7 PM.
This week there will be a one-time-only, free demonstration Kundalini yoga classes from Christina Powers. Farmers' market patrons are invited to try out a little yoga at 4:30 and 5:30 PM (class is approximately 40 minutes). A mat will be provided.
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by TImothy Rutt
Altadena Farmers' Market manager Joseph Shuldiner reminds us that the days are growing shorter, and so the market is shifting to fall/winter hours: 3-7 PM on Wednesdays at lower Loma Alta Park, 600 W. Palm Street.
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by Timothy Rutt
One of our favorites, Ha's Apple Farm, joined the market last week with crisp and flavorful apples. This week, Almond Milk LA joins the mix with locally handmade, raw, organic, refreshing almond milk in a mix of flavors: original, honey, and cacao (yes, chocolate almond milk). Also premiering this week is Granola Mama's Handmade. They'll be right next to each other if you want to get a jumpstart on breakfast tonight.
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by Timothy Rutt
This week's Altadena Farmers' Market will have a little something for fans of Polynesian dance and Nocino.
"Nocino" is not something said by a flirtatious Italian bella. Market manager Joseph Shuldiner says: "Nocino is a traditional Italian walnut liqueur, made when the nuts, still green on the tree, are picked unripe. The harvest is traditionally picked on San Giovanni Day, June 24 (Saint John the Baptist Day), in the morning by barefoot pickers. To actually make Nocino, green (un-ripe) walnuts are steeped in neutral spirits (Vodka or Everclear) with spices for 60 days and then imbibed toward the end of fall."
If this sounds intriguing, the market will have a fresh (but limited) harvest of green English walnuts from the Institute of Domestic Technology farms this Wednesday, June 26. "With each purchase, buyers will receive a recipe sheet with easy, step-by-step instructions on making Nocino at home, along with a Nocino cocktail recipe for when their batch of inky black walnut liqueur is ready to taste."
his week Summer Nights at the Altadena Farmers' Market presents Elizabeth Espinoza's Keiki O Ka 'Aina Dance School. The school is known for teaching native dances from Hawaii and Tahiti as well as New Zealand Poi and Samoan Fire Knife! They will perform at the market, on the lawn, from 5 - 7 pm. Not to be missed!
The Altadena Farmer's Market summer hours are 4-8 PM. The market is located at lower Loma Alta Park, 600 W. Palm Street.
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by Timothy Rutt
The Altadena Farmers' Market will be one year old May 15, and is going big with extended summer hours, entertainment, and picnics (if you don't bring your own blanket, they'll loan you one!)
The market will be open every Wednesday from 4-8 PM, an hour later, now through Sept. 30.
Market patrons are also encourage to picnic in (Loma Alta) park -- they will even lend you a blanket (available at the information booth).
Starting in June, "our new Great Lawn Stage will bring a broad schedule of entertainment from 5-7 PM throughout the summer. Support local entertainers, enjoy food from our delicious vendors while enjoying the evening breeze."
The Altadena Farmers' Market is at Loma Alta Park, Lincoln Avenue and Palm Street, next to the Community Garden.
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by TImothy Rutt
POV makes “boutique pizzas that are locally sourced and seasonal as much as possible,” Woolner said. He takes pride in producing pizzas from homemade dough that use local, seasonal ingredients, no preservatives, and no additives.
Which sounds about right for the Altadena Farmers' Market, where POV will make its local debut today. And, just to really emphasize their local commitment, Woolner said that, if you buy cheese or other fresh ingredients at the market, bring them to POV and they’ll use them in a pizza they'll whip up on the spot.
“You buy, we bake” Woolner said.
Continue reading "New Farmer’s Market vendor is pizza with a Point of View" »
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by Timothy Rutt
First, a website called Lifestyle Mirror says that Altadena will be the next big thing in food (but you knew that!). It credits Shuldiner, lord of the Altadena Farmers' Market and Institute of Domestic Technology, and we can't deny it. It's a short web-post, but read it!
Second, the Institute has announced its spring course of classes, which will be held both in Altadena's Zane Grey Estate and the historic Greystone Mansion (which offers a vintage speakeasy for cocktail crafting classes). It will also be marked by a field trip on May 3-5 through Santa Ynez, looking through organic farms and a "biodynamic winery" (check the latest offerings here).
Third: the Altadena Farmer's Market is today from 4-7 PM at Loma Alta Park, and it welcomes Grill Masters chicken aficianados. The LA Weekly called them "the best," and you can read a fawning review here.
Fourth: Don't forget that Pasadena Magazine is holding its "Fete at the Farmer's Market" next week in Altadena from 5-7 PM. A celebration of the release of the March/April "Luxe Living" issue, guests will be treated to cooking demonstrations from the expert chefs of La Grande Orange Café, and learn how to create signature cocktails from the skillful mixologists of 1886 Bar at The Raymond. This event will also feature jam-making and coffee-roasting demos from the Domestic Institute of Technology, live music, raffles, and more! To attend, RSVP at rsvp@pasadenarose.com.
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by Timothy Rutt
The Altadena Farmer's Market is today, 3-7 PM at lower Loma Alta Park on Lincoln Avenue and Palm Street. Among the new delights:
Our list of delicious dinner options expands with Mama Musubi! Mama Musubi specializes in musubi - Japanese rice balls stuffed with vegetables, meat, or fish. They will also offer miso soup with fresh farmers' market vegetables. We are Mama Musubi's first and only farmers' market for now, so don't be shy about showing them the love of the farmer's market community.
The Claremont Forum & the Prison Library Project will be at the market again today. Their bookstore and children's corner are open to all and book donations (especially cookbooks!) are encouraged.
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by Timothy Rutt
For the natural, organic vibe that is part of the Altadena Farmer's Market, you think they would eschew plastic in all its forms.
But not anymore -- especially when it helps out those who need assistance with their food budget, which we like. According to the market's Facebook page:
Starting this Wednesday, January 23, any CalFresh participant can use their EBT card to shop at the Altadena Farmers' Market. Here’s how it works: EBT cardholders transfer their food benefits into Altadena Farmers’ Market EBT scrip in any dollar amount of their choosing. That scrip can then be used to shop the farmers' market for eligible products with any farmers’ market vendor.
In addition, Market Match will double dollars spent at the market, up to $10, for any CalFresh, WIC, SSI and SSDI participant. Special guest Frank Tamborello from Hunger Action Los Angeles will be with us to help administer Market Match on our first day.
All EBT and Market Match transactions will take place at the information booth at the front of the market.
And:
Along with EBT and Market Match, we will unveil our own new currency this week. Our Market Money can be purchased and spent with any of our farmers' market vendors. It will essentially function as our own little ATM machine. Great for when you are short on cash or want to get someone the gift of shopping at the Altadena Farmers' Market.
New Vendor Salsa Poblanos will join the market today, promising: "a wonderful and delicious collection of handmade, preservative free salsas, for every spice palette. They will also bring ceviche, tortillas, tortilla chips, and frozen tamales. "
The Altadena Farmers' Market is every Wednesday from 3-7 PM at Loma Alta Park, Lincoln Avenue and Palm Street.
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By Joseph Shuldiner
Market Manager, Altadena Farmers’ Market
We were thrilled to be included in last Tuesday’s post, Top Ten Altadena stories of 2012, by Timothy Rutt. In his remarks Tim offered the following observation, “…the high prices [at the Altadena Farmers’ Market] are prohibitive for people who actually live in the neighborhood. This is an issue the market needs to solve.” The following is my response.
A Market is Born
As an original board member of the Arroyo Food Co-op as well as a co-organizer of the Altadena Urban Farmers' Market, I constantly heard pleas for a weekly farmers' market from Altadena's healthy food advocates, political "locavores," home cooks, and even the Town Council. When I accepted the invitation from the County Department of Parks and Recreation to establish a farmers’ market in Altadena, I spent a lot of time thinking about what kind of market it should be. I didn't feel there was any reason to simply replicate something that already existed nearby or to duplicate products already available at existing neighborhood markets. Altadena is not a food desert. We have Super King, Baja Ranch and Ralphs, in addition to many independent mom & pop stores. These markets all provide produce, meats, dairy and pantry staples. What they don't offer is a significant source of pesticide-free produce (whether certified organic or not), nor anything sourced from local farmers in our own neighborhood or the small farmers in our neighboring counties.
Continue reading "Market matters: the Altadena Farmers' Market story" »
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The Altadena Farmers' Market today has a few things worth noting:
The Altadena Farmers Market runs from 3-7 PM today at lower Loma Alta Park, 600 W. Palm St.
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by Timothy Rutt
There are big doings at the Altadena Farmer's Market next week on Oct. 31, Halloween.
First, market manager Joseph Shuldiner says that the market will celebrate the season by creating "a fun and safe environment for kids to trick-or-treat while parents will be able to shop for fresh fall produce, fruit, prepared foods from our farmers and vendors. The market will be well-lit as well as decorated for the day and vendors will be handing out candy all day. Yes, it's a departure from their normal healthy posture, but we all have to cut loose a little sometimes."
That day will also mark the final day that Altadena Heritage will serve as the market sponsor. According to a release from Altadena Heritage, the Altadena Community Garden will step in as market sponsor, and they promise the transition will be seamless.
“Altadena Heritage is happy and proud to have played a role in finally getting a farmers market up and running, and to have sponsored it the first six months," said Mark Goldschmidt, chair of Altadena Heritage. Goldschmidt said that the Community Garden, which is right next to the market site at Loma Alta Park, is a much closer fit in terms of location and mission, and was glad to take over sponsorship.
Part of the market's agreement with LA County is that it will be sponsored by a local 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.
The market is open every Wednesday rain or shine from 3-7 PM at Loma Alta Park lower parking lot, 600 W. Palm St.
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by Timothy Rutt
The (Altadenablog sponsor) Altadena Farmers Market opened this afternoon at 3 PM, and by our observations and those we talked to, it sounds like a hit.
After putting so much effort into it, market manager Joseph Shuldiner said "I'm having an out-of-body experience," but not so much out of body that he wasn't working the crowd and accepting some well-earned congratulations.
Not that there weren't some glitches along the way: parking stretched out for blocks along West Palm Street (hint: try parking at the Loma Alta gym parking lot and Lincoln and Loma Alta and walk downhill to the market). There was some interesting vehicle choreography, as it was also trash pickup day along Palm and trash trucks and cars were involved in a little dance to make it through the narrow street (Al Evans of Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation said he would talk to Athens Waste to see if they would be able to change their pickup day). And the Fox Pizzeria double-decker bus couldn't quite negotiate the hill on Dabney Street (Fox said they also ran into some mechanical problems and were looking for an emergency mechanic to try and salvage the trip).
But otherwise, it was a selection of vendors of local, artisanal foods and local boutique farms that gathered a growing crowd of folks.
Local tech writer Steve Bass said that he thought the food was a little pricey, but that didn't stop him from buying. His wife Judy Bass said that she hoped that the market would be successful and continue.
Local author Michelle Huneven, who was also at the market, waxed enthusiastic about having such a market in Altadena.
The Altadena Heritage-sponsored market will be every Wednesday from 3-7 PM, next to the Altadena Community Garden at Lincoln Avenue and Palm Street.
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by Timothy Rutt
According to our ticker on the left, the Altadena Farmers Market is only 15 or 16 days away, and the excitement is building.
The market just opened a page on Facebook over the weekend for its grand opening, which includes a current list of farmers and vendors:
Famers Include:
Vendors Include:
The Altadena Farmers Market will open on Wed., May 30, from 3-7 PM at Loma Alta Park near the Community Garden, at the corner of Palm Street and Lincoln Avenue.
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by TImothy Rutt
What’s the buzz? It’s Altadena farmers markets, that’s what!
First, the dormant Altadena Urban Farmers Market run by the Arroyo Time Bank has won the “Make Your Mark” competition. MYM was a project of the Think Farm and MAC+COB, creative services companies (they call it “business therapy”) that held a competition among worthy nonprofit causes for a free “rebranding package.” That includes, they say, “a brand strategy, key messaging and logo system,” as well as a print package sponsored in part by the Silver Lake Chamber of Commerce. Look for AUFM to come roaring back with a new look sometime soon.
Also, the Altadena Farmers Market, sponsored by Altadena Heritage and managed by Joseph Shuldiner’s Institute for Domestic Technology, is already all the buzz in LA area press: the LA Times food blog has already taken notice; LA Magazine likewise; and PSN weighs in on both.
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