Update 1:
For those that really enjoyed the Heirloom Organic Lettuces of “The Garden Of…” Farm, but were mourning its loss (leaving the Hollywood Farmers Market), the good news is that a new farm has replaced it, with an interesting back story:
Roots Organic Farm
During the final day of service, Farmer Shu Takikawa of “The Garden Of…” Farm mentioned that his student was taking over the same spot(!). And sure enough, the following week, in the same location at the Hollywood Farmers Market (North-most spot at the Farmers Market), the new farm appeared, “Roots Organic Farm” which is run by Farmer Jacob Grant.
Speaking with Jacob, he shared a touching story of how when he was younger, he wanted to learn farming, but no one would teach him. He showed up at “The Garden Of…” Farm and approached Farmer-Owner Shu Takikawa about learning. But Shu turned him away saying he didn’t have time to hire and teach anyone at the time. But Jacob never gave up. He continued to show up every day, and volunteered to work for free, to learn the craft.
In the end, after many years of learning and working with Shu, Jacob said that Shu told him he was his best student. 
Neat.
Thankfully Jacob learned to grow many of the same Heirloom Lettuces that Shu grew and sold at The Garden Of…
Organic Heirloom Lettuces:
We’ve been trying various ones over the last 2 weeks and they are quite good. I’m still partial to “The Garden Of…”‘s offerings, but since they are no longer here, we’ll gladly buy from Roots Organic Farm instead. Roots’ offerings are better than anything else we’ve tried from various farmers markets (besides The Garden Of), and better than any Supermarket offerings for sure. (@ElsieDee @paranoidgarliclover @BradFord @js76wisco @A5KOBE @attran99 and all.)
Roots also has a much larger variety of offerings than The Garden Of, with things like…
Organic Potatoes:
We haven’t tried their Organic Potatoes, but I’ll try some this week.
Organic Spring Onions & Organic Cabbage:
Organic Escarole & Organic Sugar Snap Peas:
Various Organic Herbs:
Organic Sprouting Broccoli:
The Organic Sprouting Broccoli was quite fresh, and had a lightly inherently sweet vegetal taste. Although we found the outer stalk exterior a bit tougher than expected (up until the sprouting Broccoli Floret).
Roots Organic Farm
(@ Hollywood Farmers Market (Sunday))
1600 Ivar Ave.
Hollywood, CA 90028
Day: Sunday
Hours: 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Harry’s Berries (Revisit)
Organic Gaviota Strawberries:
Since we had a good discussion on Harry’s Berries Organic Strawberries’ ripeness, we wanted to report back that the past week’s batch of Organic Gaviota Strawberries from Harry’s Berries were ~75% sweet ripe, meaning about 75% of the basket was super fragrant, ripe, super sweet Harry’s Berries that we’re used to in the past (legendary), but 25% of the basket had Strawberries that were just OK. A touch tart-sweet, not really that maximum Harry’s Berries loveliness we expect. Still quite good, but expensive. (@paranoidgarliclover @chienrouge @js76wisco @BradFord and all)
Harry’s Berries
(@ Hollywood Farmers Market (Sunday))
1600 Ivar Ave.
Hollywood, CA 90028
Day: Sunday
Hours: 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
(At the Santa Monica Farmers Market (Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday))
155 Arizona Ave.
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Day: Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday
Hours: 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
(And at additional farmers markets in Southern California, including Pasadena.)
Murray Family Farms (Revisit)
It’s shocking to believe that this year’s Cherry Season is over! 
Farmer Steven Murray posted that due to the sudden heat wave last week, it wiped out the remaining crops, and he expects this week they might have a few palettes of Organic Cherries, but no guarantees, but after that, no more. Wow. It felt like Cherry Season was only 1 month!
Organic Arvin Glenn Cherries:
We settled on the only Organic Cherry varietal Murray Family Farms had left, the Organic Arvin Glenn Cherries, which were still delicious. As before, they were plump and crunchy, nice amount of juice, and sweet-tart.
But don’t fret because Murray Family Farms’ next specialty is coming soon (in season)!
Organic Grapes (Tons of Varietals!) 
Murray Family Farms
(@ Hollywood Farmers Market (Sunday))
1600 Ivar Ave.
Hollywood, CA 90028
Day: Sunday
Hours: 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
(Also @ Santa Monica Farmers Market (Wednesday))
155 Arizona Ave.
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Day: Wednesday
Hours: 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
(Also at these Farmers Markets):
Tuesday
Culver City
Wednesday
Santa Monica
Altadena
Thursday
South Pasadena
Thousand Oaks
Friday
Venice Beach
Saturday
Santa Monica @ Pico
Santa Barbara
Joshua Tree
Palm Spring
Playa Vista
Torrance
Bakersfield F Street
Sunday
Hollywood
Mar Vista
Encino
Studio City
Beverly Hills
Ojai
Santa Clarita
Atwater
Bakersfield - Haggin Oaks
