Due out in July! The 3rd edition of the Central Coast Local Food Guide. Contact Tim to find out how you can get one, or search our online guide anytime!
	Make sure you get listed in the next Local Food Guide -- join CAFF  or renew your membership today.

Staff from Michael's on Main Restaurant (foreground) offer samples to the public at "Santa Cruz Night Out."	Sam Earnshaw, with microphone, describes hedgerow composition at Dutra Farms near Watsonville on April 9th 2004.
Geoff Pala of Meder Street Farms sells dry farmed tomatoes at the Westside Farmers' Market in Santa Cruz.	Tom Broz of Live Earth Farm chats with the public about the late summer harvest at "A Taste of Santa Cruz."

• On-Farm Conservation: Farmscaping

  Over the past two years, CAFF has selected and worked on 17 sites on six local farms where we are working with farmers to plant grassed waterways, wetlands plants and beneficial insectary native shrubs and forbs. Frequent tours and field days are held at these sites. Water quality monitoring on four of the sites is being conducted by the Coastal Watershed Council, and insect monitoring is being done by the University of California Santa Cruz Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. This work is supported by the State Water Resources Control Board and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.

• Farm-to-School

  
  Our Farm-to-School program brings fresh, locally-grown, and unprocessed fruits and vegetables into school cafeterias in the Central Coast. The project aims to improve nutrition options available to children while building stronger local markets for family farmers. Recent activities include farm field trips, farmer visits to classrooms, culinary instruction, and tastings of fresh, local produce. This work is supported by the California Nutrition Network (CNN).
  

  • Which schools are participating in Farm-to-School?

  
  Are you a teacher or farmer involved in Farm-to-School in your area? We created a manual just for you, so that the children you're educating can get the most out of their farm visit. Check out our useful manual: Making the Farm Connection

Local Project Partners

Five a Day	www.5aday.com
Community Bridges	www.communitybridges.org
Alisal Union School District	www.alisal.org/home
Pajaro Valley Unified School District	www.pvusd.net
Santa Cruz Health Services Agency	www.santacruzhealth.org
Santa Cruz City Schools	www.sccs.santacruz.k12.ca.us
Second Harvest Foodbank of Santa Cruz and San Benito Counties	www.thefoodbank.org
United Way of Santa Cruz County	www.unitedwaysc.org




• Buy Fresh, Buy Local

  Community members are enthusiastically signing up to support the labeling and promotion of local produce and farm-fresh products through the Buy Fresh, Buy Local campaign. Local farm partners are using the Buy Fresh, Buy Local label in promotional materials, and CAFF sponsors seasonal campaign drives using local advertising and outreach strategies. Our leading retail partner in the effort is New Leaf Community Markets. Look for the Buy Fresh, Buy Local label where you purchase your food, and be sure to ask for local products. This work is supported by the Randy Repass and Sally-Christine Rodgers Charitable Foundation, the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County, New Leaf Community Markets and other participating retailers, restaurants and of course, farmers!

Search our online Local Food Guide for the most up-to-date information on where you can purchase fresh and delicious food grown on the Central Coast.

Also look for the Buy Fresh, Buy Local label at participating markets such as New Leaf Markets, Deluxe Foods of Aptos and your neighborhood Farmers Market. Keep checking for new retailers, farmers and others.
Join CAFF and you join the campaign!

RETAILERS
New Leaf Community Market
Mission Street, Santa Cruz
New Leaf Community Market
Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz
New Leaf Community Market
Hwy 9, Felton
New Leaf Community Market
1210 41st Ave., Capitola
New Leaf Community Market
Boulder Creek
Deluxe Foods of Aptos
Rio del Mar Boulevard, Aptos

RESTAURANTS
Bittersweet Bistro

Culinary Alliance of Santa Cruz County (CASCC)

CATERERS
Feel Good Foods

FARMS

Santa Cruz County:

San Benito County:

T.O. Cattle Company
John Hain & Sons
Pinnacle Produce
AMO Organics
Reinhold Ranch

Monterey County:

Agricultural Land-based Training Association
Coke Farm
Four Sisters Farm
Rancho Del Robles

Santa Clara:

J &P Farm

For More Information Contact:
Tim Galarneau, Campaign Coordinator
(831) 761-8507
tim@caff.org

Look for the label, taste the difference!

Look for the Buy Fresh, Buy Local label at more retailers, as well as CSA programs, Road-side Stands, and Restaurants.

Look for the Buy Fresh, Buy Local campaign to go bilingual!

Join us and tell a store, restaurant or farmer you know about the Buy Fresh Buy Local campaign. Send them this page or email their name and number to buylocal@calcentral.com.

Remember, look for the label, taste the difference!

Local Office:

406 Main Street, Suite 406
Watsonville, CA 95076
Phone: 831-761-8507
Fax: 831-761-8103

Local Staff:

Ildi Carlisle-Cummins
Farm-to-School Coordinator
ildi@caff.org

Sam Earnshaw
Regional Coordinator, Biological Farming
sambo@cruzio.com

Tim Galarneau
Buy Fresh, Buy Local Campaign Coordinator
tim@caff.org

Local Board Members:
  To contact our board members, please click here.

Paul Hain, Farmer
Tres Pinos

Ken Kimes, Farmer
Aptos