Farmers & Purveyors

The Pacheco's are a third generation dairying and cheese making family. The Pacheco's raise over 1500 goats who roam freely. The animals graze on open pasture on their Petaluma farm, which is supplemented as needed with feed hay and brewers grain purchased from local breweries. The goats are never given hormones or antibiotics. Capricious (Ca-pree-shus) ~ won "Best in Show" at the American Cheese Society event in 2002 and named one of Saveurs "50 favorite cheeses in the United States" in 2005. Capricious is an aged cheese hand rolled in an old european style. Achadinha has several delicious cheeses including a traditional goats milk feta.

Ambatalia makes happy, sustainable textiles for a non-disposable life:

• Aprons for cooking, working, gardening and gathering
• Table linens and kitchen towels
• Beautiful and easy to use market, bulk and produce bags
• Furoshiki, a square cloth tied in different ways for a multitude of purposes. Used for anything from carrying food, clothes, your water bottle to wrapping gifts. Many countries around the world - including Japan, Turkey, Korea, India, Iran, Afghanistan and Peru - have been using these wrapping techniques for hundreds of years.

Mill Valley native Molly de Vries is inspired by the history of textiles and the natural resourcefulness of our ancestors. She is continually experimenting with ingenuity, design, and function. She strives to source textiles with the smallest foot print. Molly believes the more you use cloth in your life, the more you realize where your food comes from.

Who’s got the best legs at the market? Barrett Farms, of course! Barrett Farms raises certified organic and free-range chicken, turkey, guinea fowl and pheasant. Barrett Farms is located in Lake County, California. The poultry is processed in a California Department of Food and Agriculture licensed poultry processing plant that was built on Barrett Farms.

Bloomfield Farms is operated by Michael Collins and his wife Karen, and their two children Maja and Oran, raising vegetables and greens on their land 15 miles west of Petaluma. Their farm is located near and named after the town of Bloomfield, one of the oldest settlements in Sonoma County. Bloomfield grows a wide variety of vegetables and herbs including; strawberries, lettuces, radishes, artichokes, kale, purple mizuna, chard, genovese basil, Italian parsley, chives and fava beans.

Proprietors Laurent and his wife Carole, both from Brittany, bring their heritage in crepe making to the market each Saturday. Traditional sweet crepes and savory organic buckwheat crepes are available in such classics as ham and cheese, smoked salmon and sour cream, brie cheese and pesto, butter, sugar and lemon, and Nutella and banana. Bon Appétit!

Jesus Calvillo and his sons and daughters have been farming vegetables and berries in Watsonville since 1984. They became certified organic in 2005. Known for their delicious organic strawberries, you can be sure to count on Calvillo for sweet berries beginning in March.

Capay Organic is an iconic farm leading the way in organic and sustainable farming practices since 1976. We’re happy and you’ll be happy too, that their asparagus, strawberries, lettuces, melons, peppers, and heirloom tomatoes will be making their way from the Capay Valley to Larkspur each Saturday.

The Cassata family grows olives in Sonoma County’s Valley of the Moon. They grow their olives in hedges so they can be mechanically harvested. Standard practice is to have individual trees that must be harvested one at a time. The time span from when the Cassata olives are picked and are milled (Fresh Milled) is just a few hours. The standard harvest technique usually takes days before olives are milled. Their olive oil is proof that their methods make an incredibly premium olive oil. Try their four distinctive olive oils including, Extra Virgin, and the infused varieties of Lemon, Garlic, and Rosemary Basil.

Specializing in micro-climate neighborhood honeys from San Francisco, you’ll be surprised just how many different honeys and flavors City Bees has to offer. Unlike the common blends that you get from major honey producers, City Bee honey is raw, unheated and unfiltered - natural and healthy honey.

City Bee’s owner, Robert, maintains hives throughout San Francisco, and his honeys reflect the microclimate neighborhoods nestled in the hills and valleys. Each area of the city has unique weather patterns, so gardens and wildflowers bloom according to the amount of sun, fog and rain in each location. While certain plants bloom in the Presidio, distinctly different blooms provide nectar in the banana belt of the Mission. At the same time, wild spiciness is often collected concurrently by the McLaren Park bees roaming around near Candlestick Park. Enjoy each honey while it lasts; the amount of honey available from each hive is extremely limited; each site provides appropriate locations for one, or quite often, two hives only.

Specializing in heirloom citrus, persimmons, pomegranates, grapes, quince, nuts, and dried fruits, De Santis Farms boasts an inspiring and unique range of seasonal specialties, including many citrus varieties, such as Seville oranges, sweet limes, cara cara navel oranges, pomelos, Satsuma mandarins, Buddha’s hand, and bergamot lemons. Nuts such as almonds and walnuts also round out their product offerings.

De Santis Farms is owned and run by husband and wife team, Matteo and Rose, who have been bringing their farmed goods direct to consumers for years.

You’ll find grass fed beef and lamb from cows and sheep pastured in Fallon Hills’s 310-acre ranch in Tomales, just four miles inland from the Pacific Coast. Grass-fed beef and lamb typically have twice the levels of omega-3 essential fatty acids than conventionally farmed products, and their pastures are full of high nutritional mix for the animals: ryegrass, subterranean clover, orchard grass and wild fescue are the diet of these healthier animals, which in turn means more healthful meats.

Owners Shannon, Kevin and Brian, maintain a herd of about 100 ewes and 50 cows. The flocks are rotated between four main pastures, allowing both space to roam for the animals, as well as time between grazings for the foliage to regenerate. Fallon Hills not only produces local, superior, higher nutritional meets, but does so sustainably.

Based in Mill Valley, From the Fields specializes in slow roasted artisan granola, made from the highest quality organic ingredients of whole rolled oats, nuts, seeds, and fruit. They use honey and maple syrup for a signature caramelized crunchy sweetness, and they never use refined sugars, cooking aids, or artificial sweeteners. They’ve also added a selection of muesli (a Swiss German breakfast cereal), walnut lavender rye porridge using local biodynamic grown grains from Healdsburg, and oatmeal.

Serious fresh and healthy juices is what Ica is all about. Creating blends of up to a dozen fruits and vegetables, you’ll never believe getting your daily veggies can be this delicious. These seriously healthy and tasty juices are made fresh at the Farmers’ Market and you can opt for one of Ica’s trademark blends or choose your own custom mix.

Ica, Peru is where owner Dora Paredes grew up drinking delicious juices of tropical fruits and vegetables. Working at a juice stand, Dora learned and experimented with flavors that she brings to her customers. Ica Juices was started under the umbrella of La Cocina, a food business incubator helping fledgling small business startups in San Francisco.

Jarred SF Brine is a new pickle business based out of the La Cocina kitchen in San Francisco. They specialize in seasonal pickles like pickled yellow wax beans, fennel, incredible shitaki mushrooms and beets (among many other rotating weekly choices). After working as a cook for years, eventually going to the Culinary Institute of America in New York, and moving to San Francisco in 2002, Emiliana started experimenting with pickling on her days off. The rest is history.

Kidding Around with Chocolate makes divine fudge and confections, all made with pure fresh goat’s milk from Sonoma. Try their delicious bittersweet chocolate fudge, rocky road fudge made with homemade marshmallows, vanilla goat milk caramel sauce, and shortbreads made with goat butter. Handcrafted with the finest ingredients on earth, you won’t find a better tasting “grown-up” fudge.

Debbie from Mama Baretta brings to the market an array of baked goods, and her famous bread, all of which is gluten-free, soy-free, and peanut free and egg-free and dairy-free. As the daughter of an immigrant Italian baker, Debbie spent a lot of time in her father’s bakery learning how to make Bread, Biscotti, Amaretti, and other Italian pastries from family recipes. So why is Mama Baretta gluten-free, soy-free, egg-free, dairy-free, and peanut-free? Debbie decided to augment her family recipes once her son was diagnosed with food allergies, and the rest is history. You can be assured that Mama Baretta uses the highest quality organic ingredients and low glycemic sweeteners in all of their breads, cookies, muffins, scones, and cakes.

Mattarello, an artisanal pastaficio, combines traditional Italian pasta-making techniques with locally sourced and organic ingredients to produce high-quality pastas and sauces. Their goal is to provide a convenient and affordable take-home meal using the best ingredients. Mattarello uses local organic flour and pasture-raised eggs to produce pasta in the traditional Bolognese style ("la sfoglia").

Mark, the proprietor of MGM Orchids has been growing orchids for over 30 years, and he brings to the market the most diverse and interesting species. He has hearty outdoor varieties in addition to indoor orchids. The range of colors include white, green, yellowish-green, cream, yellow, brown, pink, red and orange, and they have very diverse color patterns.

The Neufeld family has been farming fruit on the same property since 1950, with their specialty being dried fruit during the fall, winter, and spring, when fresh fruit is not in season. At their stand you will find six varieties of raisins, dried goji berries, and sulfured and unsulfured varieties of plums, nectarines, peaches, apricots, apples, pears, cherries, plus many other delicious dried fruits.

With bread baked fresh that morning in addition to granola, cookies, muffins, and the best croissants you’ve ever tasted, Rustic Bakery is a happy addition to the Farmers’ Market. Everything is made from scratch and it shows. It’s the perfect place to get a cup of coffee and your baked provisions while you stroll the market.

Rustic Bakery is a Marin success story. Owned by Carol LeValley and husband Josh Harris, Rustic got its start by crafting delicious handmade lavosh flatbreads using organic grains and seeds. With Carol’s passion for baking, the product line quickly expanded, as did the bakery, with locations in Larkspur and Novato.

Specializing in fresh caught fish and seafood, crab cooked at the market, and BBQ oysters, Santa Rosa Seafood features the largest fresh local and exotic sushi grade seafood & shellfish selection. Depending on season, local fishes include petrale, flounder, lingcod, red rock snapper, sable/black cod, sand dabs, sea bass, swordfish, and Dungeness Crab. Try some of their sumptuous salmon – fresh grilled at the market and oh-so-delicious.

Owner Mike Svedise and his family operate the business using their own fishing boats. The family prepares the fish too: fish are available in whole and fillet form. You can even call in special orders to have special or large requests ready for you.

Specializing in tomatoes, root vegetables and all your favorites: squash, carrots, cauliflower (including colored varieties), parsnips, celery, peppers, broccoli, lettuce and leafy greens, brussel sprouts, ginger, turnips, leeks, onions, fresh herbs, sprouts, artichokes, peas, garlic, asparagus and 15 different kinds of potatoes.

Peter comes from a line of farmers who have been farming in the Bay Area since the late 1800s. Specialty Produce uses sustainable methods to grow their crops. Its wide range of vegetables depends on the season, so come to the Farmers' Market to discover what's available.

Jane and Ben have a beautiful and diverse farm, Split Rail Farms, which is located in Sonoma County’s small town of Penngrove. Using sustainable and humane animal husbandry practices they raise Nigerian Dwarf and Nubian goats, Tunis sheep, meat rabbits, Jersey veal calfs and Old Spot pigs. Their Jersey veal calfs each drink one gallon of goat milk per day while living on open pasture with plenty of room to run and jump. Split Rail Farms veal is pale pink and once cooked is very tender. It has the subtle, sublime flavor of mild beef, while it is lower in fat compared to mature beef. They also have for sale Undyed Lincoln and Tunis yarn, and hypoallergenic machine washable lambskins. Yarn made from their flock of sheep is available in the following colors Tweed, White Lincolin ,Tunis, and Smokey Brown Gray. Split Rail will also have fava beans and asparagus in the spring, and stone fruit in the summer.

In addition to her renown apple products, The Farmers Wife by Kendra Kolling serves up true farm to fresh foods prepared at the market. A delightful daily brunch, enjoy one of her seasonal offerings: soup, salad and baguette sandwiches, with ingredients fresh from local chefs and growers – and with some of Nana Mae’s own famous products, of course. Come and taste treats from the kitchens and gardens of Sondra Bernstein (Girl & the Fig) John Franchetti (Rosso), Catherine Venturini (Olive & Vine) and Carrie Brown (Jimtown Store).

Nana Mae’s Organics is a North Bay icon, specializing in organic apple products: Gravenstein Apple Juice & Sauce, Heirloom Apple Juice & Sauce, Bartlett Pear Juice, Blackberry Apple Sauce, and Apple Cider Vinegars. When you taste Nana Mae’s, you are enjoying the fruits of Sonoma County's historic apple orchard. The twenty-five varieties of heirloom apples that Paul dry farms give him a palette similar to a winemaker’s from which to blend, and as with wine, each vintage is unique. You’ll taste the difference in Nana Mae Organics.

Organic fresh cut flowers and potatoes are the emphasis at Thomas Farm, where you’ll also find year-round and seasonal veggies and fruit. The farm’s organic flowers offer an alternative to usual store-bought, with seasonal favorites ranging from brilliant tulips to stunning daisies.

Local, organic flowers are an important sustainable choice. In the US, 62.4% of flowers are imported, which not only leads to excessive fuel emissions, but to damaging floriculture practices, which negatively impact both land and farm workers. Owners Josh and wife Kari are dedicated to providing better, sustainable options – and the results of locally grown means that they’re fresher and last longer, too. Thomas Farm also incorporates biological diversity, which contributes to the farm’s sustainability.

Pony rides and a petting zoo for the kids! Ponies are saddled for rides at the side of the market. The petting zoo gives the kids an opportunity to see and pet their favorite barnyard animals.