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Listen 8 min MORE Alex Weiser and his family have been growing crops for 40 years. He recognizes that beyond the produce, people come to the farmer’s market to socialize. Photo by Gillian Ferguson.
“Farming is always a gamble,” suggests farmer
Alex Weiser, who’s a fixture at the
Santa Monica Farmer’s Market. Workers never know what a harvest will look like. Weiser and other vendors at the Farmer’s Market Leticia Garcia, Megan Strom, Romeo Coleman, and Sherry Mandel summed up the pandemic and its economic effects in one word.
Farmers describe the support of the city of Santa Monica in keeping the farmer’s market open during the pandemic. Photo by Gillian Ferguson.
Listen 8 min MORE Coleman Family Farms is growing a rainbow of chicory including a rosalba radicchio. Photo by Gillian Ferguson.
Market correspondent Gillian Ferguson finds chef
Sal Marino shopping for radicchio to serve during the renewed outdoor dining at Marino Restaurant. He dresses the radicchio with a balsamic vinegar and is also making a lasagna using it. Romeo Coleman of Coleman Family Farms explains the chicory family including dandelion, escarole, endive, radicchio and treviso. He has recommendations for using looser leaves and tighter heads of chicories.
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