Kids' Day at the Farmers' Market

It’s Kids Day Sunday at the downtown , which means two big jump houses, a kids cooking demonstration, a face painter, sidewalk chalk art and lots of patriotic coloring activities. 

The week’s featured produce is raspberries. Raspberries grow naturally in North America in black, purple, and golden hues as well as red. The raspberry is actually an "aggregate fruit," containing many tiny seed-filled fruits in one berry.

Raspberries' delicate balance of sweetness and tartness makes them a great addition to salads and desserts (Click here for recipes from the Pacific Coast Farmers Market Association).

Market-goers can also enjoy the ukelele stylings of Alex Quintanilla.

This week, the market welcomes the San Mateo Beekeepers Co-op to its lineup of producers. The newly-formed association of 20 backyard beekeepers sells fresh honeycomb, bee pollen, and unfiltered wildflower honey.

The featured grower is DePalma Farms of Northern California. DePalma harvests peaches and nectarines, wine and table grapes, nuts, seasonal fruits and vegetables, plus imported olive oils from Italy.

The mercury is expected to hit 75 degrees Sunday, with some wind. In addition to raspberries, here are some of the freshly grown items shoppers will find:

• Green beans

• Green peas

• Red, yellow, orange and green bell peppers

• Spinach

• Boysenberries, blueberries and strawberries

• Cantaloupe and other melons

• Plums

• Pluots

• Stone fruits

• Orchids

Shoppers can also enjoy prepared foods on the spot.

The San Bruno Farmers' Market offers a $5 incentive for shoppers who purchase at least $10 in EBT/CalFresh tokens at the Farmers' Market. Bring your EBT card, and see the market manager in the bright yellow shirt to purchase tokens to spend in the market and claim your bonus. The Extra Five program continues at the San Bruno Farmers' Market until Sept. 30.

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