Fresh From Our Farmers: Petaluma in August
On Saturday afternoon, the Petaluma farmers market couldn’t be more appealing. The weather, with temperatures in the low 70s, is gentle, fragrant and evocative of fall, with summer’s harvest in full...
View ArticleFresh From Our Farmers: Prepared Foods in Santa Rosa
It is finally widely recognized that farmers markets are the best destinations for seasonal produce, pastured eggs, grass-fed meats and poultry and, in many cases, fresh local seafood. But farmers...
View ArticleFresh From Our Farmers: Occidental, TONIGHT
My favorite time to visit the Occidental Bohemian Farmers Market is in October, when there’s a chill in the air. The market is a delight any time of year but there’s something about October’s markets...
View ArticleFresh From Our Farmers: Sebastopol in late November
Sunday's rain did not deter shoppers at the farmers market If rain keeps you away from your local farmers market, you’re missing out, and not just on the freshest produce around. The smiles and...
View ArticleFresh From Our Farmers: Petaluma Saturday Market Opens For Its 26th Season
The Petaluma Farmers Market, located in Walnut Park a few blocks south of downtown, opens for its 26th season this Saturday, May 19. There will be about 50 vendors, most of them returning, a few new....
View ArticleFresh From Our Farmers: Redwood Empire Farmers Market Opens
The French Garden Farm currently has three varieties of carrots On Saturday morning, not long before the kick-off of the Rose Parade, a new farmers market opened in the west parking lot of the Santa...
View ArticleFresh From Our Farmers: Bodega Bay Market Opens
The Children's Bell Tower is visible to the west of the Bodega Bay Farmers Market One of our tiniest seasonal farmers markets, the one in Bodega Bay, opened for its second season on May 27. The market...
View ArticleFresh From Our Farmers: Sebastopol in December
On Sunday, the Sebastopol Farmers Market was smaller than usual, though it was hard to tell, given the market’s location shift. For the month of December, the market moves to the town plaza so holiday...
View ArticleFresh From Our Farmers: West End Farmers Market Opens
The new West End Farmers Market takes place adjacent to DeTurk Park and Round Barn Opening day at the West End Farmers Market offered an idyllic scene, as if I had just stumbled into an urban utopian...
View ArticleFresh From Our Farmers: Bodega Bay Farmers Market Opens
On Sunday, the Bodega Bay Community Farmers Market opens for its 2014 season, which continues through the end of October. This is the market’s third season. It’s a lovely market, primarily a community...
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