Farms Near Fremont, CA

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.

Fremont

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.

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

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.

Fremont

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Milpitas

Milpitas

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.

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.

Palo Alto

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

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.

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

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.

W&S Cattle Ranch sells pasture-raised California beef raised without added hormones or antibiotics, marketed directly from ranch to customer as "Farm to You California Beef." The ranch lists a contact address in Los Altos and takes orders through Instagram or by phone.

This is the Palo Alto location of the Sigona's Farmers Market chain, listed separately from its sibling entry. The site returned access errors on every attempt in this search; hours, offerings, and the exact address are unverified here.

Santa Clara

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

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.

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.

Dublin

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Sigona's site returned access errors on every attempt in this search, so details couldn't be confirmed directly. It reads as a year-round specialty produce market rather than an outdoor stand; current offerings, hours, and address are unverified here.

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.

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.

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.

San Ramón

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.

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.

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.

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.

Redwood City

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.

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.

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.

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.

Portola Valley

Webb family land in Portola Valley worked since 1922, now roughly 250 acres of horse boarding, riding lessons, and CCOF-certified organic farming minutes from Stanford. The u-pick berry fields — olallieberries, marionberries, and blackberries — open for six to eight weeks each summer starting around mid-June, and fall brings pumpkins and organic compost sales, with Christmas trees closing out the year.

San Jose

San Jose

A seasonal Halloween pumpkin patch and haunted trail on Doyle Road in San Jose, one of several neighborhood pop-up patches that open each October in the South Bay. No independent website turned up in research, so confirm current hours before visiting.

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.