Farmers Markets near Gilroy, CA

Gilroy

A certified farmers market at 7351 Rosanna St. in Gilroy, the self-declared Garlic Capital of the World. It has historically offered organic produce, baked goods, hummus, and olive oil from Santa Clara Valley growers. Directory listings disagree on whether it's still operating — call ahead before making the trip.

Morgan Hill

Morgan Hill Farmers' Market operates at 3rd and Depot Streets in downtown Morgan Hill, a South Santa Clara Valley city surrounded by orchards, vineyards, and family farms. It's a weekly stop for growers from the valley's remaining agricultural land.

San Juan Bautista

Coke Farm is a certified organic food hub in San Juan Bautista that has aggregated and shipped produce from more than 100 regional growers since 1981. The company distributes organic strawberries, carrots, chard, kale, herbs, and heirloom tomatoes across the U.S. and Canada, employing around 114 people.

Watsonville

Watsonville

Esperanza Community Farms runs a subsidized CSA out of Watsonville, delivering biweekly boxes of pesticide-free vegetables and fruit to families in the Pajaro and Salinas Valleys. The nonprofit also operates the Esperanza Food Hub, linking small local growers with schools and community organizations, and has run a Farm to Cafeteria program bringing organic salads into area schools. Its focus stays on food security in a farmworker region that grows much of the country's produce.

Hollister

The Hollister Downtown Association runs this Wednesday market from 3 to 7pm, April through October, at 5th and San Benito Street. Vendors sell fresh fruits and vegetables, olive oil, honey, and flowers, with live entertainment and kids' activities most weeks. Not everything is certified organic, though several growers sell produce grown without chemicals. Pets aren't allowed under California health code for open food facilities, though service animals are welcome.

San Jose

The Santa Teresa market runs Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., seasonally from spring through fall at the corner of Santa Teresa Boulevard and Camino Verde — a South San Jose neighborhood stop rather than a downtown destination market. Pacific Coast Farmers' Market Association manages the vendor lineup, the same nonprofit behind dozens of Bay Area markets. Expect seasonal produce, baked goods, and flowers.

This market runs on the Kaiser Permanente San Jose campus every Tuesday from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., organized by the Pacific Coast Farmers' Market Association, the oldest and largest farmers' market operator on the West Coast. It's one of five South Bay/East Bay Kaiser sites PCFMA services for staff and patients.

Aptos

The Aptos Farmers Market at Cabrillo College, run by Monterey Bay Certified Farmers Markets, is held every Saturday from 8 AM to noon at 6500 Soquel Drive in Aptos, celebrating over 50 years of farmers markets in the region with plentiful free parking and easy access.

San Jose

The Farmers' Market at Westfield Oakridge — formerly the Blossom Hill Farmers' Market — has served San Jose's Blossom Hill neighborhood for 17 years, every Sunday from 9 AM to 1 PM, year-round. Over 40 growers and food producers set up at peak season, including local organic farms and Santa Clara Valley growers, with public transit access and the association's weekly Crop Watch newsletter.

Aptos

Nearly 90 vendors set up every Saturday, 8 a.m. to noon, year-round in the Cabrillo College parking lot at 6500 Soquel Drive — a market that was voted America's favorite farmers market in California three years running and got a nod from Coastal Living. Beyond produce, stalls cover eggs, cheese, seafood, olive oil, mushrooms, and fermented foods, plus a knife and garden-tool sharpening stand.

Everyone's Harvest, a Monterey County nonprofit running six certified markets across the county, operates this Tuesday market at 632 E. Alisal Street, with summer hours running 11am to 4pm. It's one stop in a six-day rotation across Salinas, Seaside, Marina, Pacific Grove, and Natividad, all built to get Salinas Valley produce directly to shoppers — free parking is available next to the adjacent WIC nutrition center.

Salinas

Everyone's Harvest, a Salinas nonprofit, runs the Alisal Certified Farmers' Market at 632 East Alisal Street on Tuesdays, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., staying open year-round except for two weeks around the holidays. The market takes EBT, WIC, and Senior FMNP, and its Market Match program matches every EBT dollar spent on produce, up to $30 a visit. Free parking sits next to the market, and Salinas Transit routes 41 and 42 stop nearby.

Salinas

This certified organic market takes over the 300 block of Main Street at Gabilan Street every Saturday, 9am to 2pm, rain or shine. The Oldtown Salinas Foundation runs it as a showcase for Salinas Valley farms — arguably the most agriculturally dense stretch of California — alongside flower vendors, food stalls, live music, and a free kids' craft area. It's a bigger production than a typical neighborhood market.

Salinas

San Jose

San Jose

Salinas

Marina Certified Farmers' Market sets up on Reservation Road in the city of Marina, on Monterey Bay just north of the Monterey Peninsula. It draws on the Salinas Valley's produce region, one of the most productive farming areas on the Central Coast.

Santa Cruz

The Live Oak Farmers' Market has anchored Sundays for the Live Oak, Pleasure Point, and Capitola communities since 2000, running 9 AM to 1 PM year-round at 15th and Eastcliff Drive. Tables stack high with organic produce, tree-ripened fruit, fresh bread, sustainable seafood, pasture-raised organic meats, and flowers, alongside celebrated brunch vendors, live music, EBT Market Match up to $15, and a monthly family day with the local school district.

Salinas

A neighborhood farmers market on East Cliff Drive in the Live Oak area east of Santa Cruz, in a coastal county known for strawberries and Brussels sprouts grown around nearby Watsonville.

San Jose

PCFMA runs the Alum Rock Village Farmers' Market every Sunday, 8 a.m. to noon, year-round at 23 North White Road in San Jose, on the grounds of James Lick High School. Stalls sell the same California-grown produce found across PCFMA's Bay Area markets — seasonal fruit, vegetables, and herbs from small farms — with CalFresh and Market Match accepted for shoppers stretching a grocery budget.

San Jose

A farmers market at North 14th Street and East Santa Clara Street in San Jose, on the east side of downtown in California's Santa Clara Valley.

Scotts Valley

Scotts Valley's market runs Saturday mornings, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., from May through November at the Community Center on Kings Village Road. It's a Santa Cruz Mountains neighborhood market — smaller than the coastal markets down in Santa Cruz proper — built around local produce, meat, and baked goods, with the community center lot doubling as the town's Saturday gathering spot for the season.

Los Gatos

Los Gatos Farmers' Market runs weekly in downtown Los Gatos at Town Park Plaza, on Main Street at N. Santa Cruz Avenue. Shoppers find seasonal Santa Clara Valley produce, cut flowers, and prepared foods within walking distance of the town's shops and restaurants, a fixture of the local weekend routine.

San Jose

Located on The Alameda at Hanchett Avenue in San Jose, near the Rose Garden district. Directory listings confirm the location but not a reliable current schedule — check the National Farmers Market Directory or the market's social pages before visiting.

Campbell

San Jose

The Japantown Certified Farmer's Market is a fully volunteer-operated farmer's market at Gordon Biersch Brewery in San Jose. It features over 30 local growers, cottage food producers, and artisans every Sunday; it operates from May to the end of October.

Santa Cruz

The Westside market runs Saturdays year-round, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Highway 1/Western Drive lot near Natural Bridges. Santa Cruz Community Farmers' Markets has run it as part of a five-market family for three decades, and the vendor mix leans hard organic — more than 30 farms and producers, plus pasture-raised meat, eggs, dairy, and locally caught seafood. A bluegrass band plays most Saturdays, as much a draw as the produce.

Saratoga

West Valley College hosts Saratoga's Saturday market in Parking Lot 3, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., with an 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. shopping hour reserved for seniors and high-risk visitors before the crowds arrive. More than 50 local farmers and food producers set up weekly, with a mix that leans toward Asian vegetables, mushrooms, honey, farm eggs, and a rotisserie chicken stand regulars build their Saturday around.