Shopping at the farmers market for Easter is a great idea! You can find fresh, local, and seasonal goodies that’ll make your celebration extra special. Here are some things to look out for while you’re there:
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🥕 Fresh Produce
🧀 Dairy & Cheese – including farm-fresh eggs for dying or deviling.
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🍞 Baked Goods – so many special Easter treats!
🍯 Extras, including pre-made meals, flowers, and artisan crafts
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Every purchase supports real people, real families, and a more sustainable local economy.
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Adaboy Acres and Arreola Farm, and Cup My Cakez return this week. Mulberry Farm is out this week — they’ll return next week. Fu Thao Fresh Produce will return May 3rd.
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France Café and Fresco Pasta offer delicious pre-made meals and soups 🍲 you can take home and reheat. Stop by to see tomorrow’s selection. Hector (Mr. Corn Tamales) has delicious 🫔 tamales—right next to La Vita Kitchen salsa.
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David Dooley from Advancing Parenting will be at the non-profit space at the market this week with information about a new kind of parenting education that teaches behaviors and practices generally recognized as supporting the healthy physical, emotional, and intellectual development of children and discourages parenting behaviors and practices generally recognized as disrupting the healthy development of children.
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We have vendors who take a break from January to April, so you may see more artisans at the market. If you don’t see your favorite vendor, inquire at the information booth.
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This is a reminder that our market opens at 8 a.m. For safety reasons, vendors are not allowed to sell before the market opens. We make sure everyone is set up, and all vehicles are moved from inside the market before opening the market, and we appreciate your kindness to the vendors!
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🐕🦺 Remember, dogs or other animals are prohibited in the market area during market hours. Service animals on leashes are exempt from this policy.
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Need help finding what you’re looking for? Please stop by the Market Tent and chat with our friendly volunteers!
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In addition to the freshest fruits and vegetables, you’ll find home-kitchen baked goods, freshly baked bread, cookies, pastries, jam, beef jerky, honey, nuts, dried fruit, organic eggs, fresh flowers and live garden plants, hummus and salsa, pasta and sauce, fresh local seafood, seasoning blends for dips, marinades, and rubs, microgreens, mushrooms, tamales, yogurt, and sausage.
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Don’t be disappointed if your favorite treat sells out! Instead, you can contact any linked vendors ahead of the market to reserve your order and pick it up on Saturday.
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Agricultural Vendors
Adaboy Acres, Alcantar Farm, Anders’ Acre & Apiary, Arreola Farm**, Azteca Farm**, Cardenas Farms, Chuy’s Berries**, Cuyama Orchard, F&F Farm, Halaby & Verni**, Henry’s Egg Ranch, J&J Farm**, Los Padres Orchids, Maria’s Citrus, Myriad Flowers, Ojai Microgreens, Rodriguez Berries, and Underwood Farms**.
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** Participate in the WIC/Senior Nutrition Program.
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Food Vendors
Bliss Street Baked Goods, Bonjour! Yogurt, Brothers Products, Cup My Cakez, France Café, Fresco Pasta, Kettlestones, La Vita Kitchen, The Lucky Lab, Marmalades by Dash, Mr. Corn Tamales, Santa Barbara Channel Seafood, Sweet Ruth, Teawaves, YouBite Sausage, and Zona Little Italy.
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Artisans
We’re pleased to have ten local artisans who craft their products at the market this week! Alchemy of Scents (handmade bath & body products, candles), Designs by Deej (custom snap jewelry with positive affirmation designs and natural stone jewelry), Doray’s Bib Up (handmade bibs, ceramics, crochet items, and bath products), Earth Element (hand-painted soy candles), Little Path Creations (macramé home décor & plants), Maggie’s Boutique (crochet clothes, purses, and accessories), Martha’s Jewelry (crystal & gemstone jewelry), SandyStones Jewelry (handmade sea glass jewelry), Succulentry (succulent arrangements), and Tabor Crafts (unique wood creations from reclaimed and locally sourced material).
