Farmers Market | ReallyRedding

July 31, 2017July 31, 2017

Nathan’s Artisan Sourdough Bread

Nathan makes amazing bread in his home kitchen in Fall River Mills, and sells it at Redding’s Farmer’s Market on Saturday mornings.

Our favorite is the Organic Garlic Asiago. Glorious!

“Ingredients: Organic wheat flour, water, organic sourdough culture, garlic, asiago cheese, sea salt, LOVE.”

The LOVE definitely shows! You can also find Nathan’s artisan sourdough breads at R&R Meats in Redding on Tuesdays and Fridays. His kitchen location is appropriate. Fall River Mills began as a water powered mill town. Nathan told me he has a website, but I can’t find much about his baking online. His phone number is 530 276 3717.

Highly recommended! Nathan’s sourdough is Really Redding.

April 1, 2015April 3, 2015

The Central Market in Valencia

The Redding Certified Farmer’s Market is reopening this Saturday April 4th. I’ve been looking forward to it. But I can’t help thinking about the year-round Mercat Central we saw in Valencia Spain last year. The beautiful structure contained an amazing array of vendors and produce. Here are a few images I captured.

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“The Mercat Central de Valencia has always been known for the quality, variety and freshness of its products as well as the helpful, personalised service provided by its traders.

In addition to the market’s main activity, the innovative and business-like character of the traders has made the market grow and improve day by day. Nowadays, it is an important place for the sale of fresh products and a major cultural and tourist attraction not only for foreign visitors but also for the people of Valencia.

The Mercat Central de Valencia covers exactly 8,160 square metres divided into two areas or zones. The first one is an irregular shape with a surface area of 6,760 square metres and the other, which is octagonal and covers 1,400 square metres, houses the fish market. The basement, which has 7,690 square metres, was previously a fish auction and is now used as a car park.

The Mercat Central brings together almost 400 small traders and 1,500 people are involved in its daily activity. It is the largest centre of its kind in Europe specialising in fresh products and the first market in the world to rise to the challenge of computerising sales and offering home delivery, services which have been available since 2nd October 1996.”

So, according to the Mercat Central website, you can order online. But why would you? I shot a 30 second video walking in. Sorry for the skakiness, but it gives you some idea of the sound of it.Then you need something to cook that in.

I do like the new home for the Saturday Redding Farmers Market, behind City Hall. But some days, it would be nice to have some large, perhaps re-purposed building to keep out the elements. They seem to know a lot about indoor/outdoor beauty in Valencia.

July 17, 2010July 17, 2010

Food assistance at the Farmers Market in Redding

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FarmersMarketFoodAssistance325px Local residents in need of food assistance can buy fresh organic fruit and vegetables from local farmers using the EBT system at Redding’s Certified Organic Farmer’s Market. This capability allows folks with food assistance money to buy something other than the prepared foods available in retail outlets. Food which is often high in empty calories and low in nutrients.
When you consider how this economic activity ripples through the community, going directly from the families in need, and then straight into the hands of local small farmers, you can see the synergy. The EBT redemption system in Shasta County is available to patrons at the market, and so allows and encourages buying of healthy, organically grown food.

Ian Long is ready to redeem EBT for shoppers.

In my line of work as a REALTOR, I travel extensively in Shasta County, and I go inside many homes. I see how people really live here. My perception of government provided food assistance has evolved over the years. I started out with a pretty simplistic view about the reasons and results. I have lately come to see the issues involved are subtle and nuanced. No matter what your political view of food assistance might be, encouraging local families to buy fresh, locally grown produce is a benefit with no ideological downside. Its a good idea. It’s Really Redding.

July 3, 2010July 3, 2010

Hard Row to Hoe

“Red dirt and rocks,” is how Raymond Miller describes his 10 acre organic farm out off Bowman Road in Cottonwood.
Hard row to hoe at farmers market in Redding CA
For 28 years, Ray has found the hard row was the right road for him. Chard, onions, turnips, and squash of all sorts are for sale today. “I started out with kiwi, 28 years ago.” But kiwi was dicey, so he branched out into all the organic veggies we have seen them displaying every week at the Certified Organic Farmers Market next to Redding’s Civic Center every Saturday morning for years. Along with Salina, and son Ed, their truck is always a welcome fixture at the market. Not to be missed. It’s Really Redding.
Hard row to hoe at farmers market in Redding CA

August 8, 2009

A trip to the Farmer's Market leaves Karry speechless.

Today’s sojourn to Redding’s Certified Organic Farmers Market next to our City Hall was fruitful in several ways. Here is some of our haul. I love those Thai Peppers, but a few go a long way. These few yellow onions represent the last of the Walla Walla onion season, we’re told.
Food from Redding's Farmers Market
We needed some Olive Oil, so we stopped at the Olinda Ridge guy’s booth. He insisted we try several varieties from tiny cups on bits of bread. To tell the truth, a lot of the subtlety was lost on me. Grassy, buttery, whatever. Its all good. We liked the idea of the Pomegranate Vinegar. A couple of funny parts: One variety of oil he said was Doni Greenberg’s favorite, and he asked if I’d heard of her. In fact I have. Who knew she was endorsing olive oil?

At one point, he turned to Karry and asked, “ So what do you think of that variety?” A bit of silence ensued. I looked at her face and realized she had swallowed it wrong or something, and temporarily couldn’t speak. That’s when 30+ years of marriage kicked in.

“That works great. I’ll take a half gallon of whatever she had.” 😉