Certified Farmers' Markets near 1105 Altschul Avenue, West Menlo Park

Markets are shown in approximate order of distance from our house.

Menlo Park

Sundays, year-round
Where: Downtown parking lot bounded by Crane St., Chestnut St., Menlo Ave., and Santa Cruz Ave. One block to our side of Trader Joe's. About 40 vendors in summer, 25-30 in winter.
Hours: 9am - 1pm

Menlo Park Santa Cruz Ave.

Wednesdays, year-round
Where: In front of Bistro Vida, 641 Santa Cruz Ave. nr. Doyle St.
Hours: 3 - 7pm

Stanford University

Tuesdays, year-round
Where: Tresidder Union Memorial Hall, 459 Lagunitas Dr.
Hours: 10am - 2pm

Atherton

Ha-ha. You thought Atherton would have a certified farmers' market? Atherton?

Palo Alto (downtown)

Saturdays, year-round (pausing for year-end holidays)
Where: Gilman Street between Hamilton and Forest. This is between City Hall and the post office, a block-plus south of University.
Hours: 8am - 12n.

Palo Alto (VA Hospital)

Wednesdays (May-Nov.)
Where: 3801 Miranda Ave., NE corner of Foothill Blvd @ Arastradero Rd.
Hours: 9:30am - 1:30pm

Palo Alto (California Ave.)

Sundays, year-round
Where: California Ave. shopping district, between El Camino Real and Ash St. 100+ farmers and vendors.
Hours: 9am - 1pm

Redwood City (Kiwanis) ( 1, 2, 3, 4 )

Saturdays (Apr.-Nov.)
Where: Downtown, just east of the CalTrain tracks, just over a block north of Broadway, at 500 Arguello Street between Bradford St. and Fuller St.
Hours: 8am - 12n

Portola Valley

Thursdays, year-round
Where: Town centre parking lot.
Hours: 2-6 pm
News is also published on the market's Facebook page.

East Palo Alto

Wednesday (mid-April - mid-Nov.)
Where: Bloomhouse, 2555 Pulgas Ave. (at the north end of that street)
Hours: 11am - 2pm

Los Altos

Thursdays (May-Sep.)
Where: 200 block State Street at 2nd Street (one block N. of Main).
Hours: 4-8 pm

San Carlos

Sundays, year-round
Where: 600 block of Laurel Street between Cherry St. and San Carlos Ave.
Hours: 9am - 1pm

Belmont

Sundays, year-round
Where: Caltrain parking lot, 1201 El Camino Real @ O'Neill Ave.
Hours: 9am - 1pm

Redwood Shores ("Roots Farmers' Market")

Saturdays, year-round
Where: 1300 Island Dr. @ Marine Parkway
Hours: 9am - 1pm

San Mateo CSM

Saturdays, year-round
Where: College of San Mateo campus
Hours: 9am - 1pm
(Moved back to CSM's Galileo parking lot.)

La Honda (1, 2)

Tuesdays, February to end of November
Where: La Honda Fire Brigade Parking Lot, 8945 La Honda Rd.
Hours: 3 -7 pm
Founded August 2023 by Liam Brennan as an independent farmers' market

San Mateo 25th Ave. Farmers' Market

Tuesdays (May-Oct.)
Where: 194 W 25th Ave. & Hacienda St.
Hours: 3 - 7pm

Cupertino (Creekside)

Fridays, year-round
Where: Creekside Park, 10455 Miller Ave.
Hours: 8:30am - 1pm

Union City (Old Alvarado Park)

Saturdays, year-round
Where: Old Alvarado Park, 30940 Watkins St.
Hours: 9am - 1pm

Sunnyvale

Saturdays, year-round
Where: S. Murphy Ave. at Washington Ave. (downtown).
Hours: 9am - 1pm

Foster City (OSH Parking Lot)

Saturdays, year-round
Where: 1010 Metro Center Boulevard
Hours: 9am - 1pm

Burlingame ("Fresh Market")

Sun & Thu: year-round for Sun., May-Oct. for Thu
Where: Park Rd. at Burlingame Ave.
Hours: Sun 9am - 1:30pm, Thu 3-7pm

Santa Clara (Kaiser Permanente)

Fridays, year-round
Where: 710 Lawrence Expwy @ Homestead Rd., Homestead Courtyard
Hours: 8:30am - 1:30pm

Mountain View

Sundays, year-round
Where: Downtown Caltrain parking lot, 600 W. Evelyn nr. Castro.
Hours: 9am - 1pm

Newark

Sundays, year-round
Where: 2086 Newpark Mall (Newpark Mall parking lot), Mowry just west of I-880
Hours: 9am - 1pm
Note: Large, bustling market. Both vendors and customers are very ethnically diverse, with some unusual items offered. Produce tends to be unlabelled. There is also quite a bit of prepared and hot food served.

Saratoga

Saturdays, year-round
Where: West Valley College, Parking Lot 3, Fruitvale Ave & Career Way
Hours: 9am - 1pm

Fremont-Niles

Saturdays, year-round
Where: Niles Plaza, 37592 Niles Blvd.
Hours: 10am - 2pm

Half Moon Bay

Saturdays (Apr.-Dec.)
Where: Shoreline Station, 225 Cabrillo Hwy S., CA-1 @ Kelly Ave., just S. of CA-92
Hours: 9am - 1pm
Note: Fresh fish from local fishermen! Local dairy! Local berries! Local artichokes!

Millbrae

Saturdays, year-round (but closed between Christmas Eve and New Years Day)
Where:200 block of Broadway, between La Cruz & Victoria
Hours: 8am - 1pm

San Jose (Valley Medical Center)

Wednesdays, year-round
Where: 751 South Bascom Ave.
Hours: 9am - 1pm

Cupertino (Cupertino Oaks)

Sundays, year-round
Where: Cupertino Oaks Shopping Center, 1275 Stevens Creek Boulevard
Hours: 9am - 1pm

Fremont-Irvington

Sundays, year-round
Where: Bay St. & Trimboli Way
Hours: 9am - 2pm

Campbell (Downtown)

Sundays, year-round
Where: Community Center Parking Lot, 1 W. Campbell Avenue
Hours: 9am - 1pm

Milpitas (Great Mall South)

Sundays, year-round
Where: 882 Great Mall Drive at Mustang Dr.
Hours: 8am - 1pm

Santa Clara (Downtown)

Saturdays, year-round
Where: Jackson St. at Homestead Rd., S. of downtown, W. of Santa Clara U.
Hours: 9am - 1pm

SSF

Saturdays, year-round

Where: 781 Tennis Drive
Hours: 9am - 1pm

Daly City (Serramonte)

Saturdays and Thursdays, year-round
Where: Serramonte Mall (behind Macy's), 133 Serramonte Center
Hours: 9am-1pm

Pacifica

Wednesdays (Apr.-Dec.)
Where: 400 Old County Road (parking lot), Rockaway Beach
Hours: 2-6pm

Brisbane

Thursdays, year-round
Where: Brisbane Community Park, 11 Old County Road
Hours: 3-7pm

Milpitas (Great Mall North)

Saturdays, year-round
Where: 1246 Great Mall Drive
Hours: 10am - 2pm

Pescadero Grown Farmers' Market

Thursdays (June to Oct)
Where: 251 Stage Road
Hours:3 -7 pm

San Francisco Alemany

Saturdays, year-round
Where: 100 Alemany Blvd. @ Peralta Ave., south side of Bernal Heights, San Francisco (US-101 North's Alemany Blvd. / Bayshore Blvd exit, right near where US-101 and I-280 cross). Highlighted here not because it's close (it's 30 miles away), but rather because it's awe-inspiring.
Hours: 6am - 5pm (but winding down by noon; typically, all vendors are open for business around 7:15am)
Note: The main vendor area is two partially roofed concrete rows of structures, furnishing about 50 vendor stalls per row. Parking is problematic: Earlier is better. If you don't arrive early, you're better off cruising around the neighbourhood for street parking, rather than waiting an age for the ~500 inside-the-market-lot parking spaces.

San Francisco Stonestown

Sundays, year-round
Where: 501 Buckingham Way (near the former UA Stonestown Cinema, now closed)
Hours: 9am - 1pm

San Francisco Clement St.

Sundays, year-round
Where: 244 Clement St. between 2nd & 4th Ave.
Hours: 9am - 2pm

San Francisco Inner Sunset

Sundays, year-round
Where: 1315 8th Ave. parking lot south of Irving, Sunset District
Hours: 9am - 1pm

San Francisco Outer Sunset

Sundays and Wednesdays, year-round
Where: 37th Avenue between Ortega & Quintara
Hours: 9am-3pm Sundays, 3-7pm Wednesdays

San Francisco Divisidero

Sundays, year-round
Where: 1375 Fell St.
Hours: 9am - 1pm

San Francisco Castro

Wednesdays (Mar.-Nov.)
Where: 290 Noe St. & Market St.
Hours: 2:30pm - 7pm

San Francisco Mission Bay

Sundays, year-round
Where: "Thrive City", 1 Warriors Way, east of 3rd Street
Hours: 9am - 1pm

San Francisco Mission Dist.

Thursdays (Mar.-Nov.)
Where: La Placita, Bartlett & 22nd Streets
Hours: 3-7pm

San Francisco Fillmore

Saturdays, year-round
Where: Fillmore Center Plaza, 1730 O’Farrell St., west of Fillmore St.
Hours: 9am - 1pm

San Francisco Fort Mason

Sundays, year-round
Where: Fort Mason Center, Marina Blvd.
Hours: 9:30am - 1:30pm

San Francisco Ferry Plaza

Saturdays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, year-round
Where: Ferry Building, foot of Embarcadero
Hours: Saturdays 8am-2pm, Tuesdays 10am-2pm, Thursdays 10am-2pm

San Francisco UN Plaza

Sundays and Wednesdays, year-round
Where: UN Plaza
Hours: Sundays 7am-5pm, Wednesdays 7am-5:30pm

San Francisco Noe Valley

Saturdays, year-round
Where:Noe Valley Town Square, 3861 24th Street, between Sanchez and Vicksburg Streets
Hours:8am-1pm

San Francisco Crocker Galleria

Thursdays, year-round
Where: Crocker Galleria, 50 Post St. between Kearny & Montgomery St.
Hours: 4 pm - 8 pm
(The state CFM list claims this still exists, but the market's Web site is gone.)

San Rafael (Downtown)

Thursdays (May-Sept.)
Where: Fourth Street between A and Lootens
Hours: 5-9pm

San Rafael (Marin Civic Center) (1, 2)

Thursdays and Sundays, year-round
Where: 3501 Civic Center Drive
Hours: 8am - 1pm

Certified Farmer's Market Program, California Dept. of Food and Agriculture (CDFA)
List by county of all certified farmers' markets, maintained by CDFA
Ecology Center Farmers' Market Finder
California Federation of Certified Farmer's Markets (trade group) disappeared off the Internet at the beginning of 2018 (not sure what happened)
California Farmers’ Markets Association (trade group, operates some of the markets)
Pacific Coast Farmers' Market Association (non-profit, operates many of the markets)
Urban Village Farmers' Market Association (non-profit, operates some of the markets)
West Coast Farmers Market Association, LLC (trade group, operates some of the markets)
Agricultural Institute of Marin (non-profit, operates some of the markets)
LocalHarvest (non-profit nationwide information site for the "Buy Local" movement)
LocalHarvest Zip Code search

Gardening (you know you want to -- and can if you have only a 4'x4' space or apartment):

My Bay Area Garden: Strata Rose Chalup's gardening blog
Common Ground organic garden supply and education centre in Palo Alto (non-profit) sadly closed in October 2017, but its sponsoring non-profit, Ecology Action, persists.