>> hello. you're watching the show that explores san francisco's love affair with food. there are at least 18 farmers markets in san francisco alone, providing fresh and affordable to year-round. this is a great resource that does not break the bank. to show just how easy it can be to do just that, we have come up with something called the farmers' market challenge. we find someone who loves to cook, give them $20, and challenge them to create a delicious meal from ingredients found right here in the farmer's

market. who did we find for today's challenge? >> today with regard to made a pot greater thanchapino. >> you only have $20 to spend. >> i know peter it is going to be tough, but i think i can do it. it is a san francisco classic. we are celebrating bay area food. we have nice beautiful plum tomatoes here. we have some beautiful fresh fish here. it will come together beautifully. >> many to cut out all this talk, and let's go shop. yeah. ♪ >> what makes your dish unique? >> i like it spicy and smoky. i will take fresh italian tomatoes and the fresh seafood,

and will bring them to other with some nice spoked paprika and some nice smoked jalapeno peppers. i am going to stew them up and get a nice savory, smoky, fishy, tomatoy, spicy broth. >> bring it on. how are you feeling? >> i feel good. i spent the $20 and have a few pennies less. i am going to go home and cook. i will text message u.n. is done. >> excellent and really looking forward to it. >> today we're going to make the san francisco classic dish invented by italian and portuguese fishermen. it'll be like a nice spaghetti sauce. then we will put in the fish soup. the last thing is the dungeon as crab, let it all blend together. it will be delicious. when i could, i will try to make healthy meals with fresh

ingredients, whatever is in season and local. those juicy, fresh tomatoes will take about an hour to cook down into a nice sauce. this is a good time to make our fish stock. we will take a step that seems like trash and boil it up in water and make a delicious and they speed up my parents were great clerics, and we had wonderful food. family dinners are very important. any chance you can sit down together and have a meal together, it is great communal atmosphere. one of the things i like the most is the opportunity to be creative. hello. anybody with sets their mind to it can cut. always nice to start chopping some vegetables and x and the delicious. all this double in view is this broth with great flavor. but your heart into it. make something that you, family, and friends will really enjoy. >> i am here with a manager at

the heart of the city farmer's market in san francisco. thank you for joining us. tell us a little bit about the organization. >> we're 30 years old now. we started with 14 farmers, and it has grown out to over 80. >> what is the mission of the organization? >> this area has no grocery store spiller it is all mom-and- pop stores. we have this because it is needed. we knew it was needed. and the plaza needed somebody. it was empty. beautiful with city hall in the background. >> thank you for speaking with us. are you on the web? >> yes, hocfarmersmarket.org. >> check them out. thank you. >> welcome. the dish is ready. >> it looks and smells amazing. >> thank you. it was not easy to meet the $20 budget.

i checked everybody out and found some great produce. really lovely seafood. i think that you are going to love it. >> do not be shy. cyou know this can run you $35 to $45 for a bowl, so it is great you did this for $20. >> this will feed four to six people. >> not if you invite me over for dinner. i am ready to dig in. >> i hope you'll love it. >> mmm. >> what do you think? >> i think i am going to need more. perhaps you can have all you want. >> i am produce the that you have crushed this farmer's market challenge by a landslide. the first, we're going to have to tally of your shopping list and see what you actually spend that the farmer's market. >> and go for it. >> incredible.

you have shown us how to make super healthy, refresh chapino from the farmers market on the budget, that for the whole family. that is outstanding. >> thank you peter i am glad that you like it. i think anybody can do it. >> if you like the recipe for this dish, you can e-mail us at sfgtv@sfgov.org or reach out to us on facebook or twitter and we >> good afternoon, and welcome.

this has to be the coldest and windiest. i want to thank san francisco for your hospitality. i often feel i have one of the best jobs. every spring we get to work with communities putting in green spaces, and this is what this is all about, helping communities benefit from green spaces in urban areas. we could not have done this without partners. gerwe have the park conservator, and we have volunteers from lows

and fresh and easy today. you really are the reason we are in the rain and cold during this great work, so we were talking about partners co., and we stard talking and realized we have added them as a partner, so i would like to introduce jocelyn to say a few words about our program. >> good afternoon. it is living up to its reputation of rain. we are thrilled with our partnership says. many are committed, and we join

with our partners for our gardens and green space program, and we are recognizing the moral leadership and the development of green spaces across the nation. we are honored to present the award for outstanding leadership in this area. >> thank you. first, i think they huge grant we are getting today is of a recognition everyone has participated in. i want to thank the neighbors and volunteers a. it has been in the works for so many years because of the love in the community, and i know

that for a fact because i was here years ago, and we said to ourselves and we need to not looking at this community in a negative way, to see what is positive, and not only is this garden appreciated by our community, but it is recognized by the u.s. conference of mayors and by scots miracle grow, because we are one of five cities being recognized with this award. is very special. they really wanted to express support for people taking seriously the movement around healthy environments.

gooyou are going to find there a little kid living the dream by helping to grow edible things, someone we are going to recognize as a special person as well, and as someone who has been in city government for 23 years but started dpw days right here aunt knew how hard it was for people to generate a positive feeling, but they did it using a garden, so people could say, what is wrong having a garden that represents us, and having the youth center

establish alongside the neighborhood, so there are so many stories to tell about how the community has come together, and now i think we are in historic times where there is a sense of community that has not been felt for many years. i knew there was fear that drove a lot of decisions, and these gardens, there is a special thing we are getting. we are using opportunities everywhere weekend. richard -- everywhere we can. you see that it is now being recognized as a national model

for everyone to follow, so i want to say thank you, community. thank you to our young people for sticking with us, for example of buying your -- for exemplifying your faith we have a community way to green ourselves into success. i get to drive. this is my first year as a member of the conference of mayors. i get to say we have not finished the first year, and we have a national award because our communities are strong. thank you so much.

>> this is the kickoff year as well. i would like to introduce a gentle man who had a huge part in putting the garden on the map. jeffrey, where are you? [applause] >> can i do this? thank you. this is quite today. this does not happen every day, and i love it. if the spirit moves, feel free to move out. did there are so many people to thank. know you would not be here if you were not part of the solution, but there is one person i would like to acknowledge, and that is annette smith, who needs no

introduction. of one of the founding gardeners 10 years ago, who started planting on the median strip and doing the outrageous thing of shaking hands and hugging people they did not know. >> hi, everybody. thank you all for coming out. it gives me great pleasure to stand before you and say welcome to our neighborhood. it has been a lot of work, but it has been a lot of fun. it has been helpful to me mobility-wirese, so the neighborhood is a much better

neighborhood. people come out to talk to one another, where they did not in the beginning, and i am not going to say anything else but thank you. >> you can see why we love her. thank you, stocks miracle gro, and who am i forgetting? franklin county, my hometown local gardens curator -- my botanical gardens. this is an amazing example of what it takes to turn a community are round. it takes leadership from the public sector. we have two community challenge grants and the department of environmental justice grant, and

that has kept us afloat. we would not be here if it was not for that. mendoza from the mayor's office is here. she would tell you she is first and foremost the mayor. she is on the school board. good we are blessed. it takes a lot of bridges with the community sector and the corporate sector to do things like this, and we feel like we have derived region we have arrived. and we are moving into the future because of you guys. thank you so much. good >> we would like to present a sharcheck.

>> it does not look like it will fit in the atm. >> no. >> thank you. >> we have john murray who is here. we also have lynn here. we also have nicole riviera

from leader pelosi's office, who is going to read a proclamation. >> are usually say the leader is in d.c. working, but she is in ireland, but she did want to send a letter. congratulations to the gardens initiative as you celebrate your wheen award. so many of you represent the health and are underserved neighborhoods. it has created a beautiful haven in neighborhoods that will only continue to flourish. they demonstrated community partnerships can create extraordinary work zeroth.

all of this demonstrates the power this garden will have on the community. this would not be possible without the volunteers who have made it a reality. congratulations and best regards, nancy pelosi. >> i feel like and billy crystal at the oscars. good eveninthe next person i woo introduce is stephen. steven is going to talk about our grow 1000 program. goo>> i get the best part of the presentation, which we will get to in a little bit, but frankly

i prepared some comments. this is our inaugural kicked off a. rather than try to explain, i thought a show of hands might be more oopprobrium. anyone living here, raise your hand. the work and you started fostering the community through gardening efforts, things you have already started, that is what it is for us, providing more support, providing more opportunities for the relationships to strengthen and continue to develop.

for us the means finding more opportunities like this, hopefully to participate in 1000 of these throughout the u.s., canada, and europe, so this is one of five major ones we have chosen this year, so thank you for the opportunity. i have not gotten to shake everybody's hand, but mary, tom, jeff, i have gotten to shake a lot of hands today, and linda has an almost 1-year-old. that has an older brother in kindergarten, but it is not only about community biaseut about hg a nice place to go and a community spirit of the third- generation davey resident, just thought a house here. that is what is about, providing opportunities for kids to grow,

so that is what it is about, and it is not about us doing the work, and we just want to provide the help to do that. thank you for the work you have already started. now for my favorite part of the presentation superior -- presentation. we are giving a give back to grow award. the students had to write an essay and tell why they like gardening, so i have the honor of introducing serenity williams. i have been told serenity has a green thumb herself. she loves to water the plants,

so she is going to read a little from her essay. strikes and my neighborhood garden, we are planting food for everybody in our community. the garden is colorful and has healthy snacks. the healthy snacks include fruits and vegetables like strawberry and squash for people who do not have much to get healthy food. goothis is shaped like a rectangle, and is outside of my home. inside our garden, there are stones to walk on and different

levels. the role i play in the garden project is planting seeds and watering everything in our garden to keep plants healthy. i spent an hour and a half an hour community garden every week. the good thing our garden has done, it has grown healthy food and we have eaten the reagan region we have eaten. environmental education is important because natural food is really good for the body instead of candy.

it helps care for the environment because people can walk through our garden instead of using gas to go to the grocery store and spend money. [applause] >> great job! one second. louie, i think we may have a future employee. when she came here, serenities said she was very nervous. she read them pretty well.

they have a couple of words and gibsofts. >> thank you for making such a great effort inspiring people around you. you will have some tools so you can get started this season, so congratulations. >> you did that so well, i need someone to do the next question answer. you want to do that for me?

all right. >> congratulations, serenity. [applause] >> i know everyone is freezing, but i would also like to say thank you to the members who have been out here weeding, carrying heavy stuff. i would also like to thank my other colleagues. i think that is the end of our program. we have a sign we would like to officially unveil.

>> 1, 2, 3, there we go. very nice. beautiful.