Farmers' Market Thursday- South Pasadena

Today we made our debut at the South Pasadena Farmers' Market located in the historic Mission street district. Big hugs and thanks out to Greta Dunlop (market manager) for welcoming us into the market family. The wonderful afternoon sunshine really brought out the crowds. I was surprised to meet so many folks who are just as passionate about mushrooms as we are. The kids just love our mushroom stickers, make sure to ask for some when you stop by the booth.

Our captain of the ship, Matt Parker knows all the 411. If you have questions, he has the answers.

Farmers' Market Friday- Redondo Beach

The SH fam bam will be posted up at the Riviera Village farmers' market today from 3-7pm. I just picked some gems from the farmhouse, excited to show them off. We will have a variety of fresh mushrooms for sale today. Stop by and support your local neighborhood farmer. And don't' forget to ask for some stickers!

Spago

In 1982, Wolfgang Puck opened the doors of Spago, his flagship restaurant. The word Spago literally translates as a piece of string or spaghetti. The menu offers a variety of fish and meats with Italian and Asian influences. What Spago does, it does rather well which is likely the reason it has survived for 29 years. Spago has been part of the SH family since day one. The chefs are currently fans of our Maitake and Black Trumpet mushrooms, shown in the photo below. Next time you find yourself wandering around Rodeo Drive and are completely famished after a long day of shopping, roll into Spago for a glass of wine and a bite or two.

In Foraging We Trust

To be honest, before I started working here at the farm I had never heard of the term "foraging" so I had to do my homework and quickly figured it all out. Foraging is simply the act of looking or searching for food or provisions. Thank you Jesus for the World Wide Web. Apparently foraging is quite a skill and there is definitely an art to doing it well. I asked some of our foragers in Central California to send me a video from the field while they are on the hunt but I am still waiting on the media. So instead check out this Youtube of this friendly dude foraging chanterelles. Our yellow chanterelles are currently out of season but we sure do miss them.

Welcome Abigaile

Here at SH, we pride ourselves by treating our clients with the utmost respect. Customer service has always been a top priority whether they are a new account, old account, large corporation and/or mom n' pop cafe. With that being said, we would like welcome Hermosa Beach's newest dinning establishment, Abigaile to the SH family. Abigaile recently opened its doors at the former Union Cattle bar (I bet you know someone who rode their infamous mechanical bull). Unfortunately the bull is gone but who needs it when you have a menu that changes daily (designed for sharing and tasting and prepared with fresh eats from local farms) and a great selection of house brewed draft beers. They even had Fletcher from Pennywise spray paint the walls to pay homage to Hermosa Beach's punk rock roots. Hell yeah! Need I say more, eat, drink and be merry.

Farmers' Market Friday- Riviera Village

Last Friday was our official debut at the Riviera Village Farmers' Market. We had over 13 different varieties of mushrooms and greens to choose from. Thanks to the warm welcome from the market staff and other farmers. We are looking forward to making this our home on Friday afternoons.