Farmers Markets near Berkeley, CA

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Walnut Creek

Set up outside the cafeteria at Kaiser Permanente's Walnut Creek Medical Center on South Main Street, this certified market runs every Tuesday, 10am to 2pm, year-round. Local growers bring fresh produce, organic items, and crafts to the campus grounds, drawing hospital staff and East Bay shoppers to a weekly stop between Main Street and the medical center.

Walnut Creek

Cupertino

A farmers market at the former Vallco Shopping Mall site on North Wolfe Road in Cupertino, in the Santa Clara Valley — once one of the country's richest fruit-growing regions before orchards gave way to Silicon Valley office campuses.

Los Altos

Thursdays, 4 to 9 p.m., April 30 through October 15, on State Street in downtown Los Altos. Regular vendors include Apricot King Orchards and Bay Area Orchids, drawing evening foot traffic to the Peninsula town's shopping district.

Held Wednesdays from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the grounds of the VA Palo Alto Health Care System at 3801 Miranda Avenue. The Pacific Coast Farmers' Market Association runs the stalls, giving veterans, hospital staff, and Santa Clara County neighbors a direct line to local growers without leaving the medical campus.

Menlo Park

Cupertino

This certified market sets up in the Cupertino Oaks Shopping Center parking lot on Stevens Creek Boulevard, in the middle of Silicon Valley's office corridor.

Walnut Creek

Diablo Valley's certified market operates in the Shadelands area of Walnut Creek, run by the California Farmers' Markets Association — the nonprofit behind 15 certified markets across the Bay Area, all restricted to vendors selling what they personally grow or raise.

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.

San Jose

San Jose

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.

Campbell

Located on the Kaiser Permanente Redwood City medical campus at 1150 Veterans Boulevard, this market brings produce vendors onto hospital grounds for patients, staff, and nearby residents. Bay Area Kaiser campuses have run these onsite markets for years as part of member wellness programs.

Redwood City

West Coast Farmers Markets, which has run weekly certified markets across San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Monterey counties since 2011, operates this market on the Kaiser Permanente Redwood City campus at 1150 Veterans Boulevard. Certified organic growers and local artisans set up for hospital staff, patients, and Redwood City residents. Free parking for the market is available in the garage at 1250 Veterans Boulevard, at Maple Street.

Alameda

Tuesday and Saturday market at 1451 Harbor Bay Pkwy. in Alameda, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., spring through fall. It's part of the PCFMA (Pacific Coast Farmers' Market Association) network, which runs certified markets across the Bay Area sourced directly from grower-vendors.

A nonprofit that operates more than a dozen certified farmers markets across the San Francisco Peninsula and South Bay, including Stanford, Foster City, Brisbane, Gilroy, and Carmel Valley. Locations run on different weekday and weekend schedules, connecting Northern California growers directly with shoppers, hospital campuses, and community centers.

Redwood City

The Kiwanis Club of Redwood City runs this certified market on Arguello Street, a civic-club-sponsored market rather than one operated by a farmers' market association. Redwood City sits on the San Francisco Peninsula, and the market draws growers from the coastal and valley farms within a short drive.

Oakland

Set inside the Fruitvale Transit Village at 3411 E. 12th St., steps from BART, this market is run by the Unity Council as part of a larger community hub. Vendors sell fresh seasonal fruit and vegetables alongside Latin American food stalls and crafts. Call the Unity Council at 510-535-7178 to confirm the current market day — listings disagree on whether it runs Thursdays or Sundays.

Pleasant Hill

Pleasant Hill Farmers' Market sets up on Trelany Road in this Contra Costa County suburb east of Walnut Creek. Vendor list, market day, and hours aren't confirmed online.

A farmers market on Foster City Boulevard in Foster City, a San Mateo County community built on filled bay marshland starting in the 1960s.

Oakland

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.

An award-winning evening market, this one runs Thursdays, 4 to 8pm, May through September, on the 700 block of Laurel Street between Cherry and Olive. The San Carlos Chamber of Commerce runs it, and downtown businesses extend their hours on market nights to catch the crowd it pulls in. Beyond organic produce and flowers, expect live music and local artists set up along the street.

Orinda

Concord

Concord runs two farmers markets a week under the Pacific Coast Farmers' Market Association: Tuesdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Thursdays 4 to 8 p.m., both in Todos Santos Plaza downtown. PCFMA is a longtime certified-market operator across the Bay Area, meaning every stall is required to sell only what the vendor actually grows or raises — no resellers.

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.

Saratoga

Blarney Plaza, at the corner of Big Basin Way and Saratoga Avenue, hosts the second of Saratoga's two weekly markets — smaller and more village-scale than the West Valley College market, mixing certified growers with permitted non-farm vendors selling hummus, kettle corn, and fresh seafood. Parking is behind Village Burger Bar and along Big Basin Way.

Belmont

PCFMA's Belmont Farmers' Market runs every Sunday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., year-round at 1201 El Camino Real, near the O'Neill Street intersection. Like the association's other Peninsula markets, stalls sell California-grown produce and accept CalFresh and WIC, with Market Match stretching food-assistance dollars further on fresh fruit and vegetables. Shoppers can check pcfma.org for the current week's vendor roster before heading over.

Oakland

Saturday market at Splash Pad Park, Grand Avenue and Lake Park Avenue in Oakland, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., year-round. Run by the Agricultural Institute of Marin, it has operated near Lake Merritt since the late 1990s and grew substantially after the park's 2003 redesign by Oakland architect Walter Hood. Expect organic produce, flowers, coffee, and prepared foods like dim sum, with grassy space to eat under the palm trees.

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.

Portola Valley

Portola Valley Farmers' Market sets up on Portola Road in this semi-rural San Mateo County hill town west of Stanford, known for horse ranches and the San Andreas Fault trace running along Alpine Road. Vendor list, market day, and hours aren't confirmed online.

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.