organic Benton cherries
a Chowhound quote from mycophile:Certified organic Benton cherries, a new variety of large-sized "maybe better than bing" (even though Google apparently did not come through this time, either) cherries, grown and packed by Ferarri (sp?) Farms in Linden CA, selected as best-in-the-house and donated by Veritable Vegetable of San Francisco, and sampled out to the crowd, as the guy said, in the spirit of the founder of MM, Bill's father, Tom, because that is what the guy knew Tom would have done had he been there that day (except the guy, not being universally known to the crowd and with only 30 minutes within which to do the deed, made a spectacle of himself, whereas Tom would have been quiet and humble and let the giving proceed of its own pace). The guy heard many times "thank you", to which he replied: "Every part of the chain from the earth to the stomach is just as essential. For the earth to provide to the orchardist (farmer) to provide to the distributor to provide to the retailer to provide to the consumer requires the consumer to accept from the retailer who accepted from the distributor who accepted from the farmer who accepted from the earth. So (with a little bow), thank YOU for being here today to enact your vital role in this commemoration of just one of the themes in the legacy of the Monterey Market." mycophile Jun 04, 2009 10:48PM
organic Benton cherries
a Chowhound quote from mycophile:Certified organic Benton cherries, a new variety of large-sized "maybe better than bing" (even though Google apparently did not come through this time, either) cherries, grown and packed by Ferarri (sp?) Farms in Linden CA, selected as best-in-the-house and donated by Veritable Vegetable of San Francisco, and sampled out to the crowd, as the guy said, in the spirit of the founder of MM, Bill's father, Tom, because that is what the guy knew Tom would have done had he been there that day (except the guy, not being universally known to the crowd and with only 30 minutes within which to do the deed, made a spectacle of himself, whereas Tom would have been quiet and humble and let the giving proceed of its own pace). The guy heard many times "thank you", to which he replied: "Every part of the chain from the earth to the stomach is just as essential. For the earth to provide to the orchardist (farmer) to provide to the distributor to provide to the retailer to provide to the consumer requires the consumer to accept from the retailer who accepted from the distributor who accepted from the farmer who accepted from the earth. So (with a little bow), thank YOU for being here today to enact your vital role in this commemoration of just one of the themes in the legacy of the Monterey Market." mycophile Jun 04, 2009 10:48PM