Coastside Farmer’s market focus on San Mateo County produce

The Coastside Certified Farmer’s Market favors local produce, reports the County TImes in a really nice profile.

When she first organized the Half Moon Bay farmer’s market in 2002, Coastside resident Erin Tormey made it her goal to give locals the experience of buying produce, crafts, fruits and flowers from their local farms and ranches. Now, Tormey is starting up a new farmer’s market in Pacifica with the same ethos and many of the same farmers. The market will be located at Rockaway Beach on Wednesday from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m.

"My rules are that priority placement is given to county farmers," said Tormey.
That attitude seems almost old-fashioned in the modern farmer’s market scene. At weekly markets in Belmont, San Mateo and Daly City, one or two local vendors compete with dozens of other farm products trucked in from Fresno, Exeter, and Santa Maria. Several farms offer the same items, which can cut prices but leads to better deals and more selection for customers.
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Frank Andreotti is one of two or three local farmers chosen to sell his artichokes, cauliflower, Swiss chard and zucchini at the San Mateo and San Carlos weekly markets. Andreotti Family Farm of Half Moon Bay has always subsisted on its relationship with the community at local farmers’ markets. Recently, that has become harder to do, said Andreotti.

The Coastside Certified Farmers Market is held Saturdays from 9am to 1pm at Shoreline Station, on the corner of Kelly and Hwy 1.