New Vendor: Leftcoast Grassfed! Know Your Beef

At Leftcoast™ Grassfed, we feel allowing our cattle to free forage on the natural grasses is the best way to take care of our land and a more humane way to take care of our animals. With a healthier animal, we can offer a healthier cut of meat.
Research shows that grass-fed beef are leaner and more nutritious and that beef from grass-fed animals have higher levels of Omega-3 fatty acids. And that’s important because Omega-3 fatty acids are known to help reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke, reduce symptoms of hypertension, depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), joint pain, and numerous other benefits. Grass-fed beef also has more conjugated linoleic acid (cancer-fighting properties), vitamins A and E, and lower levels of dietary cholesterol.

Research also shows grassfed beef to be lower in fat and cholesterol and less likely to contain harmful E. coli bacteria.
And by rotating our cattle periodically, we not only provide the best forage Mother Nature provides, but we are helping to limit our carbon footprint on the environment.
We choose to produce and sell our grass-fed beef as a locally-grown product to sustain both our ranch and our local community.

LEFTCOAST GRASSFED - We raise certified Food Alliance, American Grassfed, and Animal Welfare Approved cattle for quality grass-fed beef in the San Francisco Bay area. You can follow our tweets at http://www.twitter.com/lcgrassfed or add us at http://www.facebook.com/leftcoast.grassfed

Ready... Set... and.. Sell! Week 3: Flowers Featured

As week three of our Farmers Market and Arts and Crafts fair comes, we want to say thank you to vendors and supporters alike. Last week we had new vendors added Triple J farms, who will be back in 2 weeks.  Also we had Ediths Gourmet Baking co. They are a bakery that features some yummy treats. They will be out again this week. Thanks again!

This week we want to show off the beautiful flowers of the coast in honor of Mothers Day, which is just around the corner so load up!

Coastside Flowers - Fresh Cut Flowers
Half Moon Bay Orchids-
Half Moon Bay Flowers- Beatifully designed retail flowers
Cozolino Flowers- Grower of fresh cut flowers, plants, and snow peas.

New Vendors:

Hey hey gourmet- Spice blends of all sorts. home-made
Project knew groove- non profit promoting art programs
HMB Cougar football- selling casino night tickets raising money for the program
Non- partisan voting registration
Steve iacopi pictures- fine photogrophy from a coastal resident

Features this week: music, petting zoo, jumper, handmade pottery, and our favorite best smelling vendor GAIA ESSENTIALS!

Hope to see everyone there Sunday at 10 270 capistrano road Half Moon Bay Ca 94019.

Organic Farming

One of the most important things to consider is just because a vendor does not have a certified Organic license issued they still might use organic practices. The hardest part of becoming a qualified organic vendor sometimes is the process that many do not go through.  While there’s no formal or universal definition for organic farming, it can be defined as one or more systems of production which don’t use synthetic fertilizers, man-made pesticides, herbicides, growth regulators, antibiotics, hormone stimulants and/or livestock feed additives to grow crops and raise animals. Organic farmers that raise livestock and animals are deemed not to use hormones, antibiotics, or food that uses synthetic fertilizers. Farmers that uses practice these technique uses the environments own ecosystems to their advantage, by recycling, reusing, and renewing life. The return what would be waste into their ecosystems causing little carbon footprints. Although we believe Organic Farming a great way to produce goods we do not believe in no way it is the only way. We believe in all types of farming to promote health and protect the end consumer.

Our Farmers Market Begins April 22, 2012 at Harbor Village Mall at 270 capistrano road Half Moon Bay Ca 94019 Sundays Year Round 10-4