Farms Near Berkeley, CA

Sunol

Hillcrest Ranch presses olive oil from a six-and-a-half-acre grove inside Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park, including roughly 137 century-old trees standing among about 2,000 total. The Picholine, Mission, and Manzanillo trees are farmed organically without irrigation. The ranch opens to the public every other month for tastings, small-mill demonstrations, soap-making workshops, and olive-brining classes, and visitors can either hike in or catch a shuttle up to the grove.

Fremont

Forty-plus growers set up every Saturday, 9am to 1pm, in Niles Town Plaza on Niles Blvd — rain or shine, straight through holidays most markets close for. Alongside produce you'll find local honey, dairy, meats, coffee roasters, bakeries, and fresh-pressed juices, plus live music most weeks. The market takes SNAP/CalFresh and Veggie Rx vouchers, which plenty of certified California markets still don't. It's been a fixture of Fremont's historic Niles district for years.

Dublin

A weekly farmers market at Emerald Glen Park in Dublin, an Alameda County city in the Tri-Valley area east of Oakland.

Fremont

Kaiser Permanente's Fremont Medical Center at 39400 Paseo Padre Parkway hosts a certified farmers market on its campus, giving local growers a spot to sell fresh produce to patients, staff, and nearby residents. It's one of several weekly markets Kaiser hosts on Bay Area hospital grounds.

Fremont

Fremont's Irvington district hosts this certified market every Sunday, 9am to 2pm, year-round, at Bay Street and Trimboli Way. Regional growers bring strawberries, corn, tomatoes, peppers, peaches, and specialty greens alongside kettle corn, fresh bread, honey, and fish. The market accepts CalFresh EBT and Market Match, doubling produce dollars for shoppers who qualify. Street parking runs along Trimboli, Bay Street, and Irvington Avenue — the Monument Shopping Center lot is off-limits.

Pleasanton

Classic Pumpkin Patch & Trees sells pumpkins each fall and Christmas trees each winter from Rowell Ranch on Dublin Canyon Road between Pleasanton and Castro Valley. The lot runs Wednesday through Sunday afternoons and evenings, closed Mondays, with staff on hand to help load up a tree or a truck bed of pumpkins.

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Castro Valley

Part of the Moore family's pumpkin and Christmas tree operation, running in the East Bay since 1984, though current listings point to San Ramon and Livermore locations rather than Castro Valley specifically. Worth confirming this address is still active before visiting.

Fremont

Saturday morning market along Bonde Way in Fremont's Centerville district, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., organized by the Fremont Farmers Market Association. Stalls run a full city block with produce growers, cut flowers, baked goods, and prepared food. The vendor mix leans into the area's large Asian community — look for bok choy, Thai basil, and produce you won't find at a typical suburban stand.

Livermore

A Livermore corn maze and pumpkin patch on East Airway Boulevard that's been a fall fixture long enough to get featured twice on the David Letterman show. Beyond the maze and pumpkin picking, the farm runs fruit-picking and other hands-on activities aimed at families with young kids.

Newark

Fear Overload Scream Park is a seasonal Halloween haunt at Newpark Mall in Newark, part of the wave of mall-lot and parking-structure scare attractions that open across the Bay Area each October.

Livermore

Lyman Backyard Honey sells raw honey from a small apiary near the corner of Arroyo Road and Rivers Bend Circle in Livermore, in the East Bay wine country. It reads as a small-scale operation selling direct from the hive rather than a storefront business.

Livermore

Held at 2155 Third Street in downtown Livermore and run by the nonprofit Livermore Downtown Inc., which also organizes the district's seasonal events and street fairs. Contact the organization directly for the current weekly schedule.

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Livermore

A working cattle ranch on Mines Road south of Livermore that's run a fall pumpkin patch since 1990. Pumpkins range from mini to oversized, plus Indian corn, gourds, and wheat bundles, with a corn maze, pumpkin bowling, a kids' train, animal feeding, and an Old West Town backdrop. Open October 3–31, 10am–6pm, cash only — there's an ATM on-site.

Fremont

Ardenwood Historic Farm is a working 19th-century farm at 34600 Newark Boulevard in Fremont, California, centered on the restored 1857 Patterson House. Run by the East Bay Regional Park District, it operates a narrow-gauge railroad, blacksmith shop, and cultivated fields, and hosts seasonal events including pumpkin patches. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

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San Ramón

Union City

Runs Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Old Alvarado Park, one of more than 30 certified markets across the Bay Area operated by the nonprofit Pacific Coast Farmers' Market Association. Alameda County growers set up stalls along the historic Alvarado townsite in Union City to sell direct to shoppers.

Union City

This certified market runs every Tuesday, 10am to 2pm, year-round and rain or shine, at Kaiser Permanente's medical offices on Whipple Road in Union City. Growers sell fresh California produce, and many — though not all — of the fruits and vegetables are grown without chemical treatment. It's a weekly stop for hospital staff, patients, and neighborhood shoppers looking for fresh food close to home.

Castro Valley

Castro Valley Farmers' Market runs Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., year-round at the Castro Valley BART station, rain or shine. Urban Village Farmers' Markets operates it and matches EBT spending dollar for dollar up to $15 on fruits and vegetables, a real discount, not a marketing line. The market also takes WIC and Veggie Rx vouchers.

Milpitas

Milpitas

Saturday market at Hayward City Hall Plaza, 777 B St., 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., year-round, rain or shine. Run by Agricultural Institute of Marin organizers, it has grown past 35 regular vendors — nearly 60 during summer — over more than two decades, and sits one block from BART.

Milpitas

Milpitas Farmers' Market sets up at the India Community Center on Los Coches Street, reflecting the South Bay city's large South Asian population. Shoppers find both familiar Santa Clara Valley produce and specialty items geared toward the surrounding community.

Danville

Danville's certified market runs Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., organized by the Pacific Coast Farmers' Market Association, which operates more than a dozen certified markets across the East Bay. Every vendor is required to sell only what they personally grow or raise.

San Leandro

A farm listing in San Leandro, California. The operation's website was still in pre-launch status during research, with crops, hours, and products not yet published.

San Leandro

Dig Deep Farms & Produce is a CSA and produce operation based in the Ashland area of unincorporated San Leandro, in Alameda County. Its website is under construction, so crop details, share pricing, and pickup locations are not confirmed online at this time; contact the farm directly for current offerings.

Gerard'Z Honeybees keeps hives around Livermore, in the Tri-Valley's scatter of small apiaries that sell jarred honey through local markets and roadside stands rather than large retail distribution.

Livermore

San Leandro

The Bayfair market has run every Saturday since 1994, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., in the mall's parking lot at 15555 E. 14th St. The California Farmers' Markets Association runs it, pulling in more than 45 growers and food producers — Brentwood corn, Delta asparagus, Watsonville berries. It draws shoppers from San Leandro, Castro Valley, San Lorenzo, and Hayward, and takes EBT. Its exact spot in the lot shifts through the season.

San Jose

One of roughly 15 seasonal lots run by ABC Tree Farms, a family business working the Bay Area since 1983. The Capitol Avenue site sells pre-picked pumpkins mid-September through Halloween, with a gift shop, snacks, and a bounce house for kids, then flips over to a Christmas tree lot from mid-November to Christmas Eve.

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.

Santa Clara

Mountain View

Shoreline Lake Boathouse & American Bistro sits on the water at Shoreline Park in Mountain View — a boat rental and cafe operation, not a working farm despite its agritourism listing. The Boathouse serves espresso and snacks with lake-view patio seating; kayaks, paddleboards, and sailboats are available to rent on the lake.

Livermore

Moggi Ranch is listed on Altamont Pass Road in Livermore, in the grazing hills east of the Livermore Valley wine region. No working website turned up in research, so current activities, season, and hours could not be confirmed beyond the ranch's name and location.

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.

Alamo

Alamo is an unincorporated, affluent Contra Costa County community along Interstate 680. This certified market sets up in the Bank of America parking lot on Alamo Plaza, a small local stop for growers from the surrounding East Bay farmland rather than a large regional market.

Santa Clara

A seasonal pumpkin patch on El Camino Real in Santa Clara, one of the pop-up lots that fill vacant South Bay parcels each October. No independent website surfaced in research — confirm current hours before visiting.

No working website was found for the East Palo Alto Community Farmers' Market in this search. East Palo Alto has historically had less grocery access than its Peninsula neighbors, which tracks with a market built around 'community' rather than a boutique produce stop. Day, location, and vendor list are unconfirmed.

Santa Clara

ABC Tree Farms' Santa Clara lot on Benton Street, one of about 15 seasonal patches the family-run company has operated across the Bay Area since 1983. Pumpkins are pre-picked and ready for carving, with school tours and birthday parties booked on-site through October.

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.

San Leandro

San Leandro's downtown market closes off Parrott Street between E. 14th and Washington Wednesdays from April through October, 3 to 7 p.m. It's a smaller, after-work market than the city's Saturday Bayfair market — produce, cut flowers, and baked goods packed into a few downtown blocks instead of a mall parking lot. Exact start and end dates shift year to year, so it's worth checking before the first spring visit.

San Leandro

Pacific Coast Farmers' Market Association runs this certified market on the Kaiser Permanente San Leandro campus at 2500 Merced Street. Local growers bring fresh, seasonal produce and goods to hospital staff, patients, and San Leandro residents as part of PCFMA's Bay Area network of more than 30 certified markets.

Santa Clara

Juniper Meadow Farms is listed on Calabazas Boulevard in Santa Clara, an address in dense Silicon Valley where farmland has largely given way to housing and office parks. No working website or social page turned up in research to confirm whether the operation is still active.

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.

Santa Clara

ABC Tree Farms' Monroe Street site in Santa Clara, one of the family company's roughly 15 Bay Area lots running since 1983. Pre-picked pumpkins are on sale through Halloween, followed by Christmas trees in the same spot come November.

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Johann and Wendy started Hidden Star Orchards in 2002, growing CCOF-certified organic apples, blueberries, cherries, and pomegranates in the Sierra Nevada foothills. The fruit becomes cider, applesauce, preserves, and dried fruit at their San Leandro warehouse, sold through Bay Area farmers markets including Ferry Plaza and Heart of the City. A separate taproom and bakery in Camino pours 24 ciders on tap.

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.

Brentwood

Maggiore Cherry Ranch's Walnut Boulevard stand anchors one of three Brentwood locations the family runs along the Marsh Creek u-pick corridor, itself home to more than 65 direct-to-consumer growers. Alongside its cherries, this location added two rows of Himalayan mulberry trees and now sells pre-picked mulberries in season, a rarity on a route otherwise dominated by stone fruit.

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.

Planting Justice runs what it calls North America's most biodiverse urban nursery, stocking more than 1,500 plant varieties from its East Oakland and El Sobrante, California locations. The organization hires and trains formerly incarcerated people as nursery staff, pairing plant sales with reentry jobs, youth programs, and food-access work across the Bay Area.

Moraga

Captain Vineyards is a Bay Area winery in Moraga founded in 2005, farming more than 3,000 dry-farmed vines by hand. The estate makes unfiltered wines aged five to ten years in French oak, including Petite Sirah and Cabernet-driven blends, and has picked up the CoolCal and California Green Business awards for sustainable practices. Tastings run by reservation.

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.

Palo Alto

The Downtown Palo Alto Farmers Market is a volunteer nonprofit that has been connecting farms & local food with our community since 1981.

Walnut Creek

This one comes with a catch most markets don't have: it's open only to Rossmoor residents and their families, run out of the Gateway parking lot near Golden Rain Road and Tice Valley Road every Friday, May through October, 9:30am to 1pm. Fifteen-plus local farmers sell produce and flowers alongside prepackaged and hot food. Non-residents get pointed to the Saturday Diablo Valley Farmers' Market in Walnut Creek instead.

San Jose

Dead Time Dreams is a seasonal haunted attraction at Eastridge Mall in San Jose, California, built around a slaughterhouse-themed maze called the Meat Factory. It runs during Halloween season with live scare actors, makeup and effects work, and a midway. It's a horror attraction rather than a working farm, listed here for its meat-and-farm theming.