Food

FOOD Live Oak Farmer’s Market a big draw

By TARMO HANNULA F or 25 years the Santa Cruz Community Farmers Markets have been thriving around the county in five outdoor locations: Downtown Santa Cruz, Felton, Live Oak (Eastside), Scotts Valley and the Westside.

The Live Oak market, in the East Clif Village shopping center, unfolds every Sunday (rain or shine) in the heart of Live Oak and draws a wide spectrum of vendors, from organic produce to seafood, balsamic vinegar, baked goods, olive oil, cofee and flowers. A trio of Watsonville businesses, Happy Boy Farm, El Pajaro CDC Commercial Kitchen Incubator and Hidden Fortress Cofee, has served as the underpinnings of the market along with other long-standing local businesses: Rooster Ridge Farm of Aptos, Fog Line Farm, Wild Stone Bakery, Pro Edge Professional Knife Sharpening Service and Blossoms Farmstore and Cofee Shop, which is now in the former Five Mile House in Corralitos.

The market also features live music, a kid’s play area and outdoor seating for dining.

Started in 2000, the neighborhood market has grown into a weekly event that is shared by the communities of Live Oak, Pleasure Point and Capitola. Now in its eighth season as a year-round market, it is also the epicenter of the clean food movement, showcasing brunch oferings such as smoked, pasture-raised local

LOCAL FOR LOCALS Nancy Abramson flls an olive order at the Rooster Ridge Farm stand at the weekly Live Oak Farmer’s Market on East Clif Drive.

Tarmo Hannula

pork and egg street tacos and cookto-order custom traditional Michoacán Mexican dishes using fresh organic ingredients. Nancy and Curt Abramson have been selling fruit, flowers, olives and herbs at the market for the past four years. ➝ 20

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