Farmers' Market Vendors
Farmers and Food Vendors
Falafel Fresh has a simple menu based on healthy, fresh and affordable food. Their famous falafel
sandwich is made with a fresh baked pita bread filled with crispy,
handmade Falafel balls made from chickpeas.
Chickpeas are a vitamin
rich
legume, filled with proteins, minerals and vitamin B. Their chickpeas are blended
daily with fresh spices and vegetables and
then fried in zero trans-fat Canola oil. They also offer beef/lamb and
chicken gyros made to order as well as a variety of freshly made
salads, dolmas and baklava.
All of their salads and sauces are freshly prepared every day using
carefully selected ingredients to assure superior quality and freshness.
You can find Falafel Fresh every Friday at the Farmers' Market from
10am-2pm.
Check out www.falafelfresh.com
for more locations or call for
catering at (408) 893-8487.
They are pleased to bring the San Jose the best falafel and gyro in the Bay Area!
Falafel Fresh will be coming soon to the
San Jose Public Market too.
Beckmann’s Bakery is located in Santa Cruz, just a six-block walk to the beach. They make great bread, pies, cookies, pastries, and focaccia and do their best to help customers find exactly what they need. Some of their best-loved products are German farmbread, California sourdough, tropical snickerdoodles, and ollalisberry pie.
Visit Beckmann’s Bakery at the Downtown Farmers' Market. They attend more than forty farmers’ markets in the summer and their team consists of dedicated employees who have a love for their products and the fun of the markets.
View Beckmann’s Bakery on Facebook
Wassum Ranch
Wassum Ranch is a small one hundred acre farm located in Hughson. They are fourth generation farmers having started in 1876. The rich soil of the central valley allows them to grow a variety of agricultural crops. Growing eight varietals of cherries, they bring fresh handpicked cherries to local and Bay Area farmers’ markets.
The cherries are harvested from May until the end of June. Wassum Ranch covers all aspects of the farm life, from developing orchards to producing the best possible crop.
Schletewitz Family Farms
Schletewitz Family Farms is located in Sanger where they grow a variety of fruits including grapes, apricots, apples, and plums. When choosing which fruit to grow, it’s important to them to keep in mind not only the quality and seasonality of the fruit but also what they would enjoy eating.
Schletewitz Family Farms is run by third generation farmers and have been farming on the same land their grandparents bought in 1932. As farmers, they believe in creating a complete food system that will support their family and others families in the community.
Calolea Olive Oil was started in 1999 after they bought a twenty-five acre farm in Loma Rica. They grow Spanish and Italian varieties, with the Spanish trees aged at over one hundred years old. Calolea owns two olive orchards; the first is located on their home’s property in Loma Rica and the second is where their tasting room is located in Bangor.
Calolea harvests all of their olives by hand and presses them into oil within twenty-four hours to create the highest quality oil. They have won awards worldwide, including the Best in Show award at the Los Angeles International Olive Oil Competition.
Visit Calolea Olive Oil on Facebook.
India Gourmet is part of a family-run food business in operation for 20 years. Having spent so much time indoors, they found their true calling at the farmers’ markets and preparing delicious Indian cuisine. They support sustainable living by buying local, fresh, organic produce.
India Gourmet has owned and operated several fine dining establishments in Monterey doing business as India’s Clay Oven, Gandhi India’s Cuisine, and more. You can find them at several farmers’ markets in the Bay Area. They pride themselves in being the premium organic Indian cuisine with choices of farm fresh vegetables and free range chicken and lamb.
Check out India Gourmet's restaurant and bar, India's Clay Oven.
Mellows Nursery and Farms
Farming in Coyote Valley, and Santa Clara County amongst Silicon Valley, Mellows Nursery and Farms grows fruits, vegetables, and field and greenhouse flowers. They do not spray our vegetables or field flowers and grow as is required by our customers’ interests. All of their harvesting is done by hand as our crops are ready to be picked.
Mellows Nursery and Farms attends about twenty markets during the summer and believe that the markets are the only way agriculture will survive in an urban area. To them, the best part of attending a market is seeing people happy with the product quality and variety and knowing that they appreciate all the hard work and effort that goes into farming.
Take a virtual tour of Mellows Nursery and Farms on YouTube .
Artists and Craft Vendors
Beadzilla Jewelry Creations offers hand-crafted, artisan jewelry in original designs by Laura Thompson. Laura is dedicated to offering a range of products and services to meet the needs of the discriminating jewelry lover.
Visit Beadzilla Jewelry Creations at the Downtown Farmers' Market. Laura is available for custom jewelry designs to match your favorite outfit or to meet your special requests. Original jewelry designs make excellent gifts for your family, friends and especially yourself.
View Beadzilla Jewelry Creations on Facebook
Sosie Designs creates pieces kissed with clean lines, classic styling and just the right amount of feminine flair. The pieces are easy to pair together, or make stunning pieces alone.
Specializing in handmade sterling silver jewelry with freshwater pearls, Swarovski crystals and semi-precious gemstones. Proudly made locally in San Jose by the artist.
Delicately handmade freshwater pearl rings are made by using wire-wrapping technique with sterling silver wire- $22.50
Wellspring Creations features handcrafted artisan wire wrapped jewelry. Most items are limited edition or one-of-a-kind pieces. Beautiful and rare natural stones are meticulously wrapped in sterling silver, fine (.999) silver, 14K gold-filled, or copper wire.
Elizabeth Giarratana Jewelry
Bob and Liz Giarratana sell beautiful, moderately priced fashion jewelry, handmade by our very own hands as a retirement hobby. They will be taking part in the Market every Friday for the remainder of the season, weather permitting. Stop by for Christmas shopping and say hello!
Trés Spa offers a full selection of natural artisan crafted skin care products. We believe that what you put on your skin is just as important as what you put in your body.
We use the finest ingredients available from Organic and Wild Crafted to food grade ingredients to create our amazing line of skin care.
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