Creating a Community of Farmers and Chefs
Our Farm + Chef program at SFMA aims to connect more local food businesses with more local farmers. Not only does shopping at a local farmers market for your food business mean you get the best product around, it also means you get to be part of a community that is dedicated to changing how we eat and think about food. You also get to know the hands that grow your food personally, not just as a name on a box. Let's make our food system more equitable, ethical, and sustainable!
To learn more and join this program, either sign up as a wholesale buyer or please reach out to wholesale@sfmamarkets.com . We will be happy to provide further in-depth details, guide you through the registration process, and answer any questions you may have.
We look forward to welcoming you to SFMA and creating a vibrant community of chefs and farmers dedicated to sustainable practices and culinary excellence.
RESTAURANT FEATURES
We would love for everyone to meet Johnny Courtney, the Chef and co-owner of ATOMA in Wallingford. His career took him around the world; from Australia to Mexico to settling in Seattle. We’re sure glad he did. Once an executive sous-chef at Canlis, it’s clear he’s got love for not only good food but also the larger food community as well!
We first met Johnny and the Atoma gang when they were part of “The incredible Feast 2023”- Neighborhood Farmers Markets yearly fundraiser. And he’s a been regular at plenty of markets around town, usually with other members of the ATOMA staff. (You can sometimes catch him at Ballard on Sundays)
The man’s got a busy schedule but we were lucky enough to get him to answer a handful of questions on his thoughts about buying local and what that means to him:
