Market Update for October 18th
Join us as we bring a taste of Oktoberfest to the farmers market! Stroll through the booths and discover hearty breads, artisan cheeses, sizzling sausages, and fall-fresh apples and pumpkins.
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🎉 YouBite Sausage is bringing Oktoberfest to the market! Try their Oktoberfest Brats — a tasty twist on the classic Weisswurst. Pair them with a traditional sweet coarse brown mustard (Muenchener Weisswurst Senf) or a medium-hot German mustard (Mittelscharfer Senf) for the perfect flavor combo. 🌭🥨 Prost!
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Adaboy Acres returns this week — just in time to re-stock your 🍊 oranges and 🥑 avocados!
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Aventura Gardens is ready for the season — they have new winter vegetables and herbs. Click here for more information.
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🍎 Cuyuma Orchard is back with their amazing apples! These aren’t your average grocery store varieties — this week they’re bringing four rare and delicious kinds: Ashmead’s Kernel, Caville Blanc d’Hiver, Sweetie, and Kandil Sinap. Each one has its own unique flavor and story — true treasures for apple lovers! 🍏✨ Click here to learn more about these special varieties and taste the difference
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Carol Takakura at My Sage Gourmet has a great recipe to share — Buttermilk Ranch Air-Fried Chicken. Click here for the recipe.
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Craving something sweet to go with your coffee (hot or cold) from Bonito Coffee? Swing by the market and treat yourself! Bliss Street Baked Goods, Cup My Cakez, France Café, and Sweet Ruth (shop early, Ruth ran out of Pineapple buns last week!) each bring their own delicious twist to baked goodies and candy—there’s something for every sweet tooth! 🧁👓
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Dino Egg Melons Have Hatched at the Market!
These adorable little melons get their name from their speckled, dino-egg-like rind — but don’t worry, no dinosaurs inside! Crack one open and you’ll find sweet, juicy white flesh with a light, refreshing flavor (a cross between honeydew and pear).
Perfect for snacking, fruit salads, or chilling in the fridge for a cool treat on a warm day. Come grab a few from Angelo Farm before they go extinct! 🦖✨
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It’s week seven of our second quarter. Be sure to stop by the market to update your card to collect visits to qualify for our next drawing on December 6th (the drawing resets every three months).
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It’s also Bag Week for shoppers who check in for the fifth time this quarter!
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Stop by the Market Tent for details.
Volunteers from the 🎃 Pleasant Valley Garden Club 🌼 are at the market this week with their beautifully decorated pumpkins — each one uniquely designed and bursting with fall charm! 🍁✨
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These festive creations make perfect centerpieces, porch decorations, or thoughtful seasonal gifts. They’ll also have propagated plants available. Stop by their booth to pick out your favorite and support the club’s community gardening projects. 🌻👩🌾
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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 ensure that everyone is set up and all vehicles are moved from inside the market before opening. 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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Please visit our website or Instagram page for the latest updates.
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In addition to the freshest fruits and vegetables, you’ll find fresh coffee, home-kitchen baked goods, freshly baked bread, cheese, cookies, pastries, jam, 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, soups, tea, 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
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Acosta Farm & Vineyard, Adaboy Acres, Alcantar Farm**, Anders’ Acre and Apiary, Arreola Farm , Angelo Farm** (new), Aventura Gardens, Azteca Farm**, Cardenas Farms/YNT Farms/Cuyama Orchard, Chuy’s Berries**, F&F Farm, Fue Thao Fresh Produce**, Halaby & Verni**, Henry’s Egg Ranch, J&J Farms, Los Padres Orchids, Mulberry Lane Farm, Myriad Flowers, Ojai Microgreens, and Underwood Farms (returning).
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** Participate in the WIC/Senior Nutrition Program.
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Food Vendors
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Bliss Street Baked Goods, Bonito Coffee, Bonjour! Yogurt, Brothers Products, Cup My Cakez, France Café, Fresco Pasta, Kettlestones, La Montaigne De Saveurs (cheese!), La Vita Kitchen, The Lucky Lab, Marmalades by Dash (returning), Mr. Corn Tamales, My Sage Gourmet, Santa Barbara Channel Seafood, Sweet Ruth, Teawaves, and YouBite Sausage.
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Artisans
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We’re pleased to have seven local artisans who craft their products at the market this week! Craftastico (tote bags, wristlet keychains, chapstick holders, coin pouches, make-up bags, bookmarks, and book sleeves), Doray’s Bib Up (handmade bibs, ceramics, crochet items, and bath products), Mina & Bri (hand-crafted jewelry, air plant creations, and more), Ojai Crafters (wine barrel crafts), Soapful Loofah (loofahs filled with handmade vegan soap), Spirit Spa Soap (hand-crafted shower bars), and Tabor Crafts (unique wood creations from reclaimed and locally sourced material).
