The Pop-Up Breakfast Series

In July and early August we hosted two pop-up breakfasts with chefs Katherine Stern of The Midway and Andy Huynh of Full Steam Dumpling at the Westside Farmers’ Market. They were gorgeous, exciting, filling, bubbly, delicious and time very well spent. We were able to raise nearly $10,000 to fund the priorities below. Thank you all for participating in this round. We’ll announce the 2024 season some time after the new year.

If you aren’t familiar with this series of community-building, culinary events visit our photo album, check out this video clip and scroll down for more information and menus from past seasons. Thank you for your support over the years. It’s a true joy to spotlight regional farms and the chefs that support them year round. Join our mailing list or follow us on Instagram and Facebook to be the first to hear about it.

Proceeds from this series will funded the following:

• Two part-time summer youth staff positions
• The Market Match food access program
• The Foodshed Project: free, public educational events at the Felton and Scotts Valley farmers’ markets
• KERMIT – a partnership with Santa Cruz Public Libraries that brings a book mobile into the Downtown, Felton and Scotts Valley markets and encourages interaction between residents and farms

We at the Santa Cruz Community Farmers’ Markets miss no opportunity to celebrate around good food. Since 2012 we have been hosting pop-up breakfast events at the Westside and Scotts Valley markets. At these sweet gatherings guests sit down at long tables with friends and enjoy a fresh, multi-course meal. Each event spotlights an admired local chef giving rise to sensational mixes of simple cuisine made with seasonal ingredients from the very farms that sell at the markets. Local youth leaders, graduates of the food justice organization FoodWhat, serve the fair and farmers speak about their work. Events are unique, each one offering its own pleasing qualities: a cider or wine tasting, local musicians, seasonal pickles, creative flavor pairings, cultural foods, words from a local fisher or flower grower. Guests walk away satisfied and happy, with only a memory of place and time…and a full belly. For more information call 831-325-4294 or email education@santacruzfarmersmarket.org.