Preserves available at the Farmers Market

everythinglongbeach likes our jams! Thanks to everyone who donates fruit and buys our products. Especially thanks to Nino's restaurant and Shortnin' Bread. Best roommates ever! All of you help us keep our food local. Made in the LBC!

2010-04-27 · By Editor

Fresh, delicious hand-crafted seasonal jams, preserves, pickles, relishes, sauces and more created by the Wrigley Garden are now available at several locations. Made in small batches from local ingredients, products currently include strawberry jelly, lemon curd, orange-ginger marmalade, rosemary-lemon butter, honey wine jelly and strawberry rhubarb jam and will change with the seasons. Local baker Shortnin’ Bread features the products at the Sunday Farmers’ Market (California @ Bixby) and at the Marine Stadium Farmers’ Market (Appian Way and Nieto Ave.) on Wednesday. Vendor Bee Canyon Ranch carries Wrigley Garden honey-based goods at the Santa Monica Farmers’ Market.

“Every ingredient is organic and locally grown when possible,” said Wrigley Garden Director Sasha Kanno. “This direct connection between farmer and consumer means Long Beach can easily enjoy the season’s freshest local products.” Sales help support the Wrigley Garden, a community garden at 1950/1960 Henderson Avenue.

Some of the raw material for these sweet and savory treats comes from the Neighborhood Co-op Fruit Exchange. Volunteers harvest excess fruit from Long Beach residents, share it among neighbors and friends, preserve and donate the rest to a local food bank. If you have fruit or produce to donate please contact our Exchange Coordinator, Shelby Sanchez at 562.506.6214 or shelbysanchez@hotmail.com

The Wrigley Garden is a two-year project located on land owned by the City of Long Beach. Supporters include The Long Beach Neighborhood Foundation, Wrigley is Going Green, The Long Beach Community Foundation, Connected Corridors and the 6th and 7th district council offices.

For more information about Wrigley Garden products or to volunteer contact Sasha Kanno at 562-230-7207 or sasha@wrigleygarden.org.

Message from Shortnin Bread...

It's been a while since we have sent an email on what is new and thought we would share some some news with you!!

For Sunday March 7th we will be offering our Tarts with Pink Lady Apples, Red Raspberry and new this week a Meyer Lemon filling!!

We have also added a Nutella Hazelnut Biscotti with Semi-sweet chocolates to our selection as well as we have reintoruiduced our White Chocolate Rice Krispie featuring Salted Peanuts!!

New this month in our Short Bread cookie line is a Meyer Lemon with Pistachio that has been a great hit with the Lemon Fan's!! We should point out that a California Height's home owner has been bringing us local grown Meyer Lemons for the past few weeks and we have been using them as much as possible!!

Great news with our Granola, Bee Canyon Honey (who sells at he Long Beach Sunday Market) has been selling it at the Santa Monica Farmer's Market for the past few weeks. This is now available in pound sizes in addition to our half pounders. Great stuff and it is good for you too!

In addition to the Long Beach Sunday Market we can also be found at the Local Harvest Farmer's Market held at Marine Stadium on Wednesdays from 2 until 7 (just Google Will Roger Mini Park for directions)! Hope to see you soon!


Shortnin Bread
Justina Fenton and Keith Russell