![Macro photo of lettuce heads, drone shot of Star Route Farms](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_768x432/public/2022-11/2000px-header_0.jpg.jpeg?itok=tFc7Pekt)
DECEMBER 2019
Features
Eat Like A Don
Try these alumni-owned and operated places in the Bay Area and beyond. Cheers!
![Eat Like a Don](/sites/default/files/styles/1_1_360x360/public/2022-11/eat_like_a_don-big%20%281%29.jpg.jpeg?itok=qHxwAFtL)
Putting Down Roots
With the purchase of an organic farm, USF deepens its care for our common home.
![star route farms aerial shot and plant closeup](/sites/default/files/styles/1_1_360x360/public/migrated/usf_magazine/putting-down-roots-copy.jpg.jpeg?itok=2eiKZfQC)
Change Agent
Novella Carpenter, adjunct professor of urban agriculture and author of the bestselling Farm City, finds transformation in fermentation.
![Novella Carpenter smiling and holding a jar outside](/sites/default/files/styles/1_1_360x360/public/2022-11/04.18.19%20OMC10353%20GotW%20Novella%20Carpenter-20.jpg.jpeg?itok=GDwBYiEJ)
![Illustration of shoppes with plenty and with nothing](/sites/default/files/styles/1_1_360x360/public/2022-12/usfmag-dec19_FoodasJustice_illo01_hero.jpg.jpeg?itok=5aGQAGf_)
Taste. Try. Love.
To navigate your farmers market, follow Jean-Marc Fullsack. Here he shares tips with one of his classes on a tour of San Francisco's Ferry Plaza Farmers Market.
![Basket of tomatoes and flowers with sign that says "$3.50 lb, big beef steak tomatoes organic!"](/sites/default/files/styles/1_1_360x360/public/2022-11/10.15.19_OMCTASK4536_Ferry%20Building%20Tasting%20Tour_006_0.jpg.jpeg?itok=Lc0r9HsN)
The Story Behind the Cover
Tim Durning laughs a little. "This is the first cover I've ever baked."
![Cover of December 2019 USF Magazine](/sites/default/files/styles/1_1_360x360/public/2022-11/10.14.19_OMCTASK4547_USF%20Magazine%20Cover%20Shoot_Selects_04.jpg.jpeg?itok=R1QI2I7B)