New Vendors at the Hillcrest Farmers Market!

There are a few new faces at the Hillcrest Farmers Market that you’ll be seeing each week. From seafood to cheeses these new vendors are sure to satisfy your taste-buds.

Poppa’s Fresh Fish Company, headed by Mark, offers delicious ready-to-eat treats such as shrimp and fish tacos, fresh sea urchins, and homemade ceviche. All prepared food is made with Poppa’s fresh seafood and fresh ingredients from other farmers market vendors. Alongside their prepared food Poppa’s offers fresh, never frozen, fish filleted right before the market. Dedicated to increasing the population of local seafood lovers, Mark is willing to give any market patron a quick tutorial on how to cook any piece of fish and recipes that work well. If you’re looking for a specific piece or type of fish Poppa’s also takes special orders. To learn more about Poppa’s Fresh Fish Company visit their Facebook page!

SonRise Ranch brings free-range chicken, beef, and pork to the Hillcrest Farmers Market. With many cuts available visitors are sure to find what they want. All the beef products have been one-hundred percent grass-fed from start to finish and all products have no antibiotics or hormones. The ranch prides itself on its self-sustaining, rotational feeding model where the different animals are put to roam at varying times in the same pastures.

TASTE Artisan Cheese will be providing the Hillcrest Farmers Market with an assortment of cheeses each week. Mary, who runs the booth, warns not to come expecting a certain cheese as the product offering will change each week. To see what cheeses will be offered each week join the TASTE mailing list on their website. The two cheeses that Mary does promise to have in stock every week are ricotta and burrata. Wondering how you will get your cheese before it sells out and needing time to shop further at the market? No worries, TASTE provides a “Park your Cheese” service where they will keep your purchased cheese cool until you have finished the rest of your shopping.

Make sure you visit these and all the other vendors at the Hillcrest Farmers Market each Sunday from 9am-2pm!

Hillcrest Streetcar Proposals

The Hillcrest Farmers Market welcomed a group of UCSD Urban Studies students this past Sunday in order to hear proposals of bringing a streetcar to the Hillcrest area. With their presentation set up along the walkway in front of the information booth plenty of market patrons stopped to hear about what a streetcar could bring to the the neighborhood. Alleviating traffic and parking issues, allowing for a convenient way to reach downtown, and adding some interest to the area were all cited as some reasons why a streetcar could be beneficial to Hillcrest.

While parents looked at the students' research, children were able to create pictures and drawings of what they thought the streetcar design should look like.

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Visiting Chef Series at the Hillcrest Farmers Market

The Visiting Chef Series appeared once again at the Hillcrest Farmers Market with Chef Jeff Rossman from Terra. Using fresh ingredients all found at the farmers market Chef Rossman cooked up some goat-cheese grits topped with fresh veggies, a dish that received rave reviews from all market patrons who attended the event.

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Sunday, November 14th

With the beautiful weather this past Sunday, November 14th, it was definitely not feeling like fall at the Hillcrest Farmers Market. The nice weather encouraged the imaginations of visitors at the information booth who used various arts and craft supplies to make terrific creations. From paper cup jelly fist, to paper bag chickens, to pipe cleaner jewelry, arts and crafts were again a huge hit at the market.

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The Hillcrest Farmers Market was back at it with arts and crafts this past Sunday. Creepy crawly bugs overtook the information booth as an abundance of spiders, caterpillars, and butterflies were crafted from popsicle sticks, paper cups, and pipe cleaners. Both children and parents alike took part in the crafting creating small bug-families to take home and play with!

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Halloween at the Hillcrest Farmers Market

Halloween was in full-swing at the Hillcrest Farmers Market this past Sunday. With costumed patrons strolling through the market, the Halloween spirit was felt early.

For those who didn't come decked out in their costumes, the information booth was equipped with resident face-painter, Carlos. Many faces were painted to complement costumes and were intended to be worn later in the evening. Witches, Frankensteins, lions, and other miscellaneous faces were seen walking away from the info booth. While waiting for their faces to be painted, many visitors fashioned a trick-or-treat bag they were able to use in the market-wide trick-or-treat. With a wide variety of vendors participating trick-or-treaters were able to garner treats ranging from the standard Halloween candy, to seed packets, to mini pumpkins.

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Plenty of patrons came out the Hillcrest Farmers Market last Sunday to get their jack-o-lanterns ready for Halloween and to take advantage of the availability of new seasonal veggies that are appearing as the fall and winter months are approaching.

Rey River Farms displayed their pumpkins at the information booth for market-goers to

purchase and then carve for free. Many took advantage of the carving tools provided and the promise of

provided clean-up to carve some elaborate jack-o-lanterns. While some templates were used many pumpkin-artists decided to use their imaginations and free-hand their carvings. There was plenty

of fun and mess to go around and for a few it was their first pumpkin carving experience.

Fall and winter vegetables are making their way into the stalls at the Hillcrest Farmers Market. Suzie's Farm will be offering broccoli, cauliflower, eggplant, a variety of beans, kale, and beets. Along with many of the same veggies, J.R. Organics also has winter squash, okra, ornamental pumpkins, tomatoes, black-eyed peas, and a variety of root vegetables on display.

With produce changing often, be sure to visit all of the Hillcrest Farmers Market vendors to get the most this season has to offer!