Got these delicious blueberries at Costco had the strawberry too had to share this with my…read morefellow fruit lovers I add all the fruit into my daily smoothies and juices lol

I've walked by their Saturday Ferry Farmers market stand, most times located along the south…read moredriveway. Their stand is across the Wise Sons, Bini's Kitchen, Mangosay, and Farmer's Wife stands. They have mainly a variety of vegetables and tomatoes. I've bought cabbage, heirloom tomatoes when in season, and cauliflower from them. Heck, they even have purple cauliflower if your timing is right. Recently, I started buying their salsas since it's my current craving, best eaten watching sports (especially football these days, Go Niners!). I opened my bottle of their salsa (https://www.yelp.com/user_local_photos?select=chl0CMVW9F5KsLAFjjv1Zg&userid=saJuyv784apZzH--psHZ3Q) and finished almost half of it in one sitting. It was mildly spicy but smooth with strands of tomato to make it more interesting. Let's just say, I made a point to get another one the following Saturday. I happened to but a head of cabbage which was light in weight but was enough for two stir fry servings for our family of four. Will stop here again at the Ferry Building on Saturday and see what veggies I may get for our Sunday dinner. I also need to check out their other salsa flavors.

OYA Organic Farm brought their crops to the Clement Street Farmers Market San Francisco…read more From their CCOF Organic fields located in Hollister where they grow over 50 crops, and today we got to experience part of their offerings. From Basil Plants to Heirloom Tomatoes & Vibrant Peppers and so much more, yes the crops looked so good.

They grow the freshest organic vegetables you can find. Their assortments are generous and…read morereasonably priced. The baby carrots are sweet and crunchy. It even included yacon -a nutritious root I had never tried before.

Another give star review for this awesome family run outfit. Their meat is tender and delicious and…read morefull of flavor. If you know your Grassfed beef you will also know that it is chock full of nutrients and healthy fats. I definitely recommend going to their website and signing up for their email list. Learn about their product and if you have an empty freezer or a friend to share with, purchase a split half and treat yourself and your family to some incredibly wonderful and healthy LOCALLY PRODUCED beef products.

This is the tastiest ground beef I've ever had for sure. Just be prepared, I got a quarter of a cow…read moreand only received two ribeye steaks. I'm pretty sure there's more than eight ribeye steaks on a whole cow. So now I have about another 80 pounds of beef to work through and I'm in the market for some ribeyes! Preferably grass fed, which are hard to find.

If I'm in need...which is rarely. Living in the Salinas…read moreValley is a great blessing when it comes to fruit and vegetables. Marina's farmer's market is small which doesn't make it bad. With so many other farmers markets in the country and Santa Cruz County too Marina is not my go too or favorite. Two of the vegetable vendors couldn't break a fifty. So I just moved on. Super majority of food vendors are serving Mexican food which is great...if that's what you want. No diversity. I get it, it's not about me, I'm sure many count on this market. Last words...it's there.

When you need a little bit of pep to your Sunday's stroll through the Marina Farmer's Market, the…read moreNitro Cycle is there to help... when they're. I don't think they're there every Sunday. We had the Dirty Chata latte. It was pretty good. A little light for me as I like strong coffees, but was a good refreshing drink on a sunny day.

Miramonte Farm & Nursery of San Juan Bautista located in San Benito County brought a nice mix of…read morevegetables to the Stonestown Farmers Market San Francisco

I love supporting local shops and buying from farmers' markets, but this Barn Fresh Produce is more…read moreof a roadside "catfish" with its giant colorful wooden signs and enticing promotional promises. I've stopped by before to buy fruit, which was okay (ie, small), but this time, I walked inside the building. Holy toledo, Batman, the products were coated under thick layers of dust and had mouse traps tucked in-between and underneath! There were boxes and cleaning supplies strewn about, and animals lying around the food. I was afraid I'd spot a tail hanging out of a hole or see something run by my feet based on how many traps were in the store. There may not be any sure proof way to keep pests out of indoor-outdoor markets, but they can at least keep the place cleaner and more organized, like not leave cleaning supplies right next to the food. I was also surprised that the prices were steep for what looked like products that haven't been moved in a long time. Barn Fresh Produce is not worth the stop for me, but if you are dying for fruit, I'd stick to the ones kept outside and make sure to wash it well before consuming.

Wonderful fresh selection! I have been going to Barn Fresh for many years and it is wonderful!read more

I am thrilled to be able to buy pastured chicken, pastured pork, pastured turkey, and pastured eggs…read morefrom Aurelio and Sarah, the husband and wife team that make up this small, local operation. I have purchased from them at the Sunnyvale Farmer's Market on Saturdays, from the Campbell Farmer's Market on Sundays, direct in the form of a couple bulk buys to stock my freezer, and over the years from a couple different season-long CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) pickup sites they've set up in San Jose and in Los Gatos. Buying directly from the farmer has been an educational experience for me and my family in terms of really understanding how food gets from the farm to the table. Before this, I bought the same cuts of on-sale factory farmed meat from the grocery store, failing to internalize that what those animals were fed and the living conditions in which they were raised could not possibly result in food that I would want to consume. I did not understand that "organic" or "free-range" did not mean what I would have assumed it to mean. After watching the movie "Food Inc.", I totally understand now why you ought to want to meet your farmers and have a direct relationship with them. The more I have read, the more foolish I feel to trust big corporations and the deceptive marketing they use to swindle you into believing their products are wholesome. If I could reasonably pull it off, I'd raise my own animals and grow more of my own food, but since that's not practical right now, this is the next best thing. Over time, I am learning how to use the variety of cuts that we get from the pork and how to render the fat to use in browning roasts, cooking vegetables, making pastry (for pies and samosas), and occasional frying. I use the chicken bones and carcass and now also the heads and feet to regularly make stock. (I am worried about what is in the bones of industrially-farmed animals so I regret using them for stocks before I learned about this.) And overall, we now eat less meat than we used to, being careful not to waste anything. We used to buy a $5 whole chicken, already roasted, from Costco, and now I am flabbergasted at speculating what they must do to be able to pull that off. Prior to reading about pastured animals, I was afraid of consuming animal fat. Now I am only afraid of the animal fat from industrially-farmed animals (as I'm worried about the toxins and antibiotics being concentrated in them). I'm also afraid of many vegetable oils as I've read that the processing of them likely has damaged them to the point of making them dangerous for us to consume. So I am thankful I can now render my own lard from Fiesta Farm's pork (and tallow from Morris Grassfed's beef). I respect and appreciate Sarah and Aurelio's transparency and values and am happy to support their business. I am thankful for their hard work and their commitment to doing things right. And wow, I am so grateful to live in the bay area where we have relatively easy access to nutritious real food produced with integrity.

I buy Fiesta Farm eggs and chicken at the Campbell farmers market- they are both excellent quality…read more The eggs are fresh and taste like an egg should! The chickens are so clean that when I use them to make broth there isn't any junk or scum that comes out in the cooking. I would buy these everyday if I could! Wish I could have access to these on a regular basis!!!