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Willits Farmers Market held its first indoor market at the Little Lake Grange November 5, with vendors selling produce, pies, meats, flowers, breads, sweets, amd cheeses.
A commercial kitchen at the Grange is being renovated and will be available in January 2010.
Willits Farmers Market will continue indoors at its regular time: Thursdays from 3pm to 6 [...]

The Day of the Dead (El Dia de Los Muertos) will be celebrated Sunday at the Sebastopol Farmers Market, held in the Town Plaza at Petaluma Avenue and McKinley Street in Sebastopol, California from 10 am to 1:30 pm. Traditional folklorico dancing by Ballet Sonatlan and special holiday foods are planned.

Sebastopol Farmers Market
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Palm Desert Farmers’ Market, sponsored by the Palm Springs Cultural Center, debuted in early February at the Palm Desert Visitor’s Center, 72567 Highway 111, with 18 vendors.
The new California Certified Farmers’ Market will be held Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
The Palm Desert market joins two other certified markets in the Coachella Valley: a [...]

The Redlands City Council has adopted a resolution securing a location on the south side of Redlands Boulevard between Fifth and Sixth streets for a new Saturday morning farmers’ market.
The new market will open from 7 to 10 a.m. on Saturdays, April through September, according to a report on the Redlands Daily Facts.
Heather Smith, senior [...]

The Nipomo Farmers Market will move to a new location this Sunday, January 11. Beginning on that day, and for the forseeable future, the market will be held in front of the Monarch Dunes Club at 1645 Trilogy Parkway in Nipomo, California.
All vendors active with the market will be moving to the new location.

Nipomo Farmers [...]

The Milpitas Post reports that the Milpitas City Council has approved a conditional use permit allowing the Pacific Coast Farmers’ Market Association to run a weekly farmers’ market in the parking lot of India Community Center at 525 Los Coches St. in Milpitas, California.
Pacific Coast, which previously perated a market in Milpitas for six weeks [...]

The Certified Farmers Market in Old Town La Quinta is attracting an average of 1,000 shoppers each week two months after it began, according to a report in The Desert Sun.
The 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sunday market currently has 17 vendors selling items like fresh fruit and vegetables, cut flowers, honey, eggs, nuts, herbs [...]

A police crackdown on a drum circle at the Wednesday downtown Santa Cruz farmers market prompted a public protest that drew about 100 people to the streets.
The San Jose Mercury News reported that “Wednesday’s rally was a protest against recent police action to crack down on what some say is becoming a public nuisance at [...]

In The Stanford Daily, Lisa Wallace relishes the abundance of midsummer farmers markets:
“Eating local” is a trend with momentum. Local farmers markets support California agriculture and ensure customers the freshest selection of produce. The markets create a space for real farmers to interact with urban consumers, cutting out middlemen and making for cheaper products. Selling [...]