Produce Farms near Pescadero, CA

Pescadero

Pescadero

Jim Cochran and Mark Matze founded Swanton Berry Farm in 1983, and it became the first certified-organic strawberry grower in California. The farm still markets itself as organically grown by union labor, a distinction it's held for decades. U-pick strawberries and olallieberries run seasonally at the Coastways Ranch fields on Highway 1 in Pescadero, with a year-round farm stand up the coast in Davenport.

Half Moon Bay

Bob's Pumpkin Farm sits on Highway 1 in Half Moon Bay and keeps its patch old-school: haystacks, farm animals, and a hunt for the season's biggest pumpkin rather than a haunted-maze setup. It's one of the original stops on the coast's fall pumpkin route.

Davenport

An organic strawberry farm on Highway 1 near Davenport, one of the first in California to grow strawberries without synthetic pesticides and to unionize its field workers. The honor-system farm stand sells berries, jam, and merchandise, and the u-pick fields open seasonally for anyone willing to bend over a row and fill a basket.

Redwood City

Santa Cruz

Yellow Wall Farm is a nearly three-acre CCOF-certified organic family farm in a secluded valley along the San Lorenzo River in Santa Cruz, named for a wall of 8,000 sunflowers planted for a family wedding. Allen and Judy Rose Hasty tend 30-year-old heirloom apple trees plus peaches, Asian pears, persimmons, avocados, and citrus, grow summer vegetables and Slow Food Ark of Taste varieties, and sell to local restaurants, New Leaf Community Foods, and a Saturday farm stand from August through November.

Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz Community Farmers' Markets has run for 30 years, operating a family of five markets: Downtown Santa Cruz on Wednesdays, Westside Saturdays, Live Oak/Eastside Sundays (all year-round, rain or shine), plus seasonal markets in Felton and Scotts Valley. The markets showcase regional organic produce, pasture-raised meats, eggs and dairy, sustainably harvested seafood, and artisan goods, with EBT Market Match and pop-up breakfast events.

Palo Alto

The California Avenue Farmers' Market in Palo Alto runs Sundays from 9 AM to 1 PM year-round, rain or shine, on California Avenue at El Camino. Operated by the Urban Village Farmers' Market Association, the market accepts EBT and WIC with a dollar-for-dollar Market Match up to $15 for fruits and vegetables, and hosts knife sharpening every first Sunday.

Redwood City

The Redwood City Kiwanis Farmers Market is a certified farmers market run by the local Kiwanis volunteer organization, offering produce to the community every Saturday from 8 AM until noon, April through November. Seasonal features include local honey drinks, small-batch pet treats, gluten-free baked goods, face painting, and community booths like the Peninsula Rose Society.

Half Moon Bay

Bob's Vegetable Stand and Pumpkin Farm has sold pumpkins off Highway 1 in Half Moon Bay since 1956, with a no-frills u-pick field, ornamental gourds and baking varieties, wheelbarrows provided and no entry fee. The stand is open daily 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and draws crowds every September and October for pumpkin season. Call 650-726-4567 for current hours.

Cupertino

The Creekside Farmers' Market, operated by the Pacific Coast Farmers' Market Association, runs Fridays from 8 AM to noon year-round at 10455 Miller Avenue in Cupertino, bringing California-grown produce and farm products direct from regional farmers.

Cupertino

The Cupertino Certified Farmers' Market, part of West Coast Farmers Markets, has operated Sundays from 9 AM to 1 PM in the De Anza College parking lot on Stevens Creek Boulevard. The market is temporarily closed — check West Coast Farmers Markets' other locations or their site for reopening updates.

Mountain View

The Mountain View Farmers' Market hosts more than 80 farmers and vendors every Sunday from 9 AM to 1 PM at the Mountain View Caltrain Station on West Evelyn Avenue. Run by the California Farmers' Markets Association, it's known for tree-ripened fruit and just-picked produce, with free city parking nearby and a weekly Crop Watch newsletter tracking what's in season.

San Mateo

The San Mateo Farmers' Market, run by the Pacific Coast Farmers' Market Association, is held Saturdays from 9 AM to 1 PM year-round at 1700 W Hillsdale Boulevard, connecting Peninsula shoppers with California farmers and their seasonal harvests.

Sunnyvale

The Sunnyvale Farmers Market runs Saturdays from 9 AM to 1 PM year-round, rain or shine, on historic Murphy Avenue at Washington in downtown Sunnyvale. Run by the Urban Village Farmers' Market Association, it offers EBT and WIC acceptance with a dollar-for-dollar Market Match up to $10 for fruits and vegetables, plus knife sharpening every third Saturday.

Santa Cruz Permaculture farms 26 regenerative organic acres on the Pacific coast 20 minutes north of Santa Cruz — land farmed organically for over 100 years and famous from 1995-2020 as Swanton Berry Farm's strawberry, olallieberry, and kiwi U-Pick. Over 80 crops span five acres of vegetables, flowers, and herbs, two acres of blackberries, and a third-acre of kiwis, sold through U-Pick, farm stand, farmers markets, CSA, and wholesale — all alongside permaculture courses with over 1,000 alumni and ocean views near Año Nuevo.

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.

San Jose

J&P Cosentino Family Farm is the last working orchard in San Jose — an urban farm in the old Valley of Heart's Delight, tended by five generations of the Cosentino family since 1945. Nearly 600 trees grow more than thirty varieties of peaches plus heirloom apricots, plums, prunes, nectarines, apples, figs, berries, persimmons, and grapes, all picked fully ripe and sold with farm classes, pop-ups, and events on-site.

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.

San Jose