National Farmers Market Week: Photo Contest

National Farmers Market Week: Photo Contest

National Farmers Market Week is August 2 – 8, 2020. Join us in celebration all month long and show some love for your favorite farmers’ market – the Napa Farmers Market! During the month of August, we invite you to share your farmers market photos on...
Vendor Appreciation: Golden State Pickle Works

Vendor Appreciation: Golden State Pickle Works

An interview with Sam Paone, owner and founder of Golden State Pickle Works. How did you get your start with Golden State Pickle Works? What inspired you? My cooking background in restaurants is where I first learned how to pickle. It’s a skill that’s necessary in a...
Farmer Appreciation: The Patch

Farmer Appreciation: The Patch

Interview with Fernando Calderon, The Patch, Sonoma, CA How did you get your start with The Patch? Really, it was my grandfather. We learned how to garden from my grandpa in Mexico. He was the one who taught us everything. My brother worked for The Patch for ten years...
Vendor Appreciation: Toasted

Vendor Appreciation: Toasted

Ariella Wolkowicz is the owner of Toasted, a Napa-based producer of handmade bagels. Toasted is at the Napa Farmers Market on Tuesdays and Saturdays. What’s the back story of Toasted? I moved to Napa about six years ago to do pastry, but I burned out on fine dining. I...
Farmer Appreciation: Bera Ranch

Farmer Appreciation: Bera Ranch

INTERVIEW IWTH MICHELE BERA How did you get started in the stone fruit business? Our family has been farming fruit in the Vacaville / Winters area since the 1930s. My husband’s family emigrated from Spain and came to this area, and began the family farming business....