Farming

Puente farmers’ market reaches peak deliciousness – and attendance

Administrator • September 5, 2015

At Puente's farmers’ market last week, the only thing you couldn't eat was on the back of a bicycle, getting mixed in a pedal-powered blender. “Usually we make smoothies with it, but I thought, why not make paper pulp?” Read more -->>

A farm worker’s story: Lina Martinez

Administrator • March 28, 2015

NOTE: Puente is writing about the lives of female farm workers for National Farmworker Awareness Week. This is the second of two stories. Lina Martinez learned about America from the front door of a t-shirt shop in Fishermen’s Read more -->>

Farmworker Awareness Week

Administrator • March 25, 2015

This week is Farmworker Awareness Week. Follow us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/puentedelacostasur) to read daily stories about the people who grow and pick our food. Read more -->>

A farm worker’s story: Maricela Garcia

Administrator • March 21, 2015

NOTE: Puente is writing about the lives of female farm workers for National Farmworker Awareness Week. This is the first of two stories. When Maricela Garcia came to Pescadero as a newlywed, it seemed like a verdant paradise Read more -->>

Health System and Puente Partner to Immunize Farm Workers

Administrator • May 5, 2014

Mindful of how dangerous farm work can be, Puente undertook an unprecedented immunization project in April that touched the lives of hundreds of farm and nursery workers. Puente teamed up with a medical team from San Mateo Read more -->>

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