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Pipe bursts in SLO, floods part of Farmers’ Market

Written on 4 Jun, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

F. McClintocks did not serve tri-tip and ribs at Farmers’ Market Thursday evening. A water main burst and flooded McClintocks’ section of Higuera Street. [KSBY] Shortly after 4:30 p.m., a 10-inch water main burst underneath Higuera Street. The broken pipe... (Continue reading)

Want to taste wine at farmers’ market?

Written on 20 Jun, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Californians could soon take their wine tasting habits to farmers’ markets. [KEYT] A bill that would allow limited wine tasting at farmers’ markets has passed the Assembly on a unanimous vote and is now moving through the state Senate. Wine... (Continue reading)

How local is your local Farmers’ Market?

Written on 27 Jan, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 12 comments

OPINION By APRIL MCLAUGHLIN In San Luis Obispo County, we are lucky to have a whopping 19 certified farmers’ market to shop at.  It makes sense though, given how much agriculture our area is responsible for – from avocados to... (Continue reading)

Keep Arroyo Grande farmer’s market for local producers

Written on 27 Jan, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 10 comments

OPINION By APRIL MCLAUGHLIN The Arroyo Grande City Council is about to decide on what (if any) conditions they will impose on the Village farmers’ market this coming Tuesday at their regular city council meeting. The back story is this:... (Continue reading)

Marijuana farmers’ market buds in Northern California

Written on 19 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A farmers’ market for marijuana has sprouted in Northern California’s Sonoma County. [Modern Farmer] The Organicann Harvest Market takes place every third Saturday of the month in a purple warehouse in unincorporated Sonoma County. The Organicann dispensary operates the farmers’... (Continue reading)

Downtown Association concedes to farmers

Written on 20 May, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 10 comments

The Downtown Association agreed Thursday to allow the Farmers’ Market Association to manage the produce portion of the weekly Farmers Market in San Luis Obispo. The Downtown Association unexpectedly seized control last January after more than 26 years of leadership... (Continue reading)

Downtown Association and SLOFMA get one last chance

Written on 19 May, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 3 comments

In what one local farmer called “an 11th hour intervention,” the Downtown Association and the San Luis Obispo Farmers’ Market Association (SLOFMA) will make one last effort to mediate their differences before possible intervention by the City Council. “I think... (Continue reading)

Letter to the San Luis Obispo City Council

Written on 18 May, 2010 in Opinion | 13 comments

Opinion By PETE EVANS I remember before we had Farmer’s Market. The stores were open late and local young people hung out and cruised in cars down Higuera and up Marsh. The establishment just couldn’t stand this outlet for our... (Continue reading)

Thursday night Farmers’ Market talks fail; city council called back in

Written on 17 May, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 9 comments

A special San Luis Obispo City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday at 4 p.m. to determine why on-going negotiations between the San Luis Obispo County Farmers’ Market Association (SLOFMA) and the Downtown Association have apparently failed. The meeting, open... (Continue reading)