Got these delicious blueberries at Costco had the strawberry too had to share this with my…read morefellow fruit lovers I add all the fruit into my daily smoothies and juices lol

If I'm in need...which is rarely. Living in the Salinas…read moreValley is a great blessing when it comes to fruit and vegetables. Marina's farmer's market is small which doesn't make it bad. With so many other farmers markets in the country and Santa Cruz County too Marina is not my go too or favorite. Two of the vegetable vendors couldn't break a fifty. So I just moved on. Super majority of food vendors are serving Mexican food which is great...if that's what you want. No diversity. I get it, it's not about me, I'm sure many count on this market. Last words...it's there.

When you need a little bit of pep to your Sunday's stroll through the Marina Farmer's Market, the…read moreNitro Cycle is there to help... when they're. I don't think they're there every Sunday. We had the Dirty Chata latte. It was pretty good. A little light for me as I like strong coffees, but was a good refreshing drink on a sunny day.

I love supporting local shops and buying from farmers' markets, but this Barn Fresh Produce is more…read moreof a roadside "catfish" with its giant colorful wooden signs and enticing promotional promises. I've stopped by before to buy fruit, which was okay (ie, small), but this time, I walked inside the building. Holy toledo, Batman, the products were coated under thick layers of dust and had mouse traps tucked in-between and underneath! There were boxes and cleaning supplies strewn about, and animals lying around the food. I was afraid I'd spot a tail hanging out of a hole or see something run by my feet based on how many traps were in the store. There may not be any sure proof way to keep pests out of indoor-outdoor markets, but they can at least keep the place cleaner and more organized, like not leave cleaning supplies right next to the food. I was also surprised that the prices were steep for what looked like products that haven't been moved in a long time. Barn Fresh Produce is not worth the stop for me, but if you are dying for fruit, I'd stick to the ones kept outside and make sure to wash it well before consuming.

Wonderful fresh selection! I have been going to Barn Fresh for many years and it is wonderful!read more

We have always loved the farm. When I was still working in the office before the pandemic, one of…read moreus would go over there and get pies on the day they made them fresh for the entire floor at work. It was so delicious. Have gone there years for their amazing gift shop. The nostalgic toy area is so fun to look through but all the other things they have in the back room are beautifully displayed and reasonably priced. Very excellent fresh veggies, and other condiments that they have for sale. But the pies are off the Chart. The fruit pies are well worth the 25 or so dollars they cost they're huge. They're deep dish they're fresh the delicious the large size pot pies are amazing but I love it when I can get the miniatures for $7.95 for one. They are just adorable. They heat up well and they taste delicious. All around really beautiful place. If you go at the end of the summer, they have all you can pick flower days for like five dollars for all the flowers you could pick and they're absolutely beautiful they have tours for little kids and at Halloween they have beautiful pumpkins that you can go out and pick yourself for an amazing experience and memory with your kids.

The farm in Salinas makes savory pot pies on Tuesdays! I ordered the chicken and bacon pot pie last…read moreweek to guarantee one, but they said they make some extra ones for same-day pickup. $32.95 for all pies, which I think is a great deal! They do fruit pies on Fridays! And great customer service!! ‍

Always fresh, always easy to get parking. Always friendly staff. Thanks for sharing your food with…read moreus.

6/30/2023 I have…read morebeen on the hunt for the specialty strawberries... The only vendor I found was in Florida.. Today, I found them at a retailer (Whole Foods).. We've been so conditioned to associates red with sweetness... but oh my goodness!.. Bought the tropical and rose berries.. So sweet and different. Love love it! Now I'll be in search of the strawberry seeds/plants!

Stopped by today since we were in the area, since it's open 9am-2pm. And had a pretty good time!…read moreThe location is pretty convenient in old town Salinas, where you can find street parking a few blocks away and walk to it. Pretty good mixture of fresh produce vs. other food and drink vendors. Our favorites were the Golden Ox homemade Chinese Dumplings ($16 for 10 dumplings , not counting the 4 samples they gave our party which won us over), and we also loved getting cheese at the Cheese Whiz (also after free samples haha!) Also lots of cute products like stickers and plushes, and lots of Latino food too. I think it has less fresh produce than other farmers markets in the East Bay because there's probably lots of fresh produce readily available in this area being close to central valley. I also love that a lot of the businesses along the streets behind the vendors are also open (like coffee shops etc), a really cute family or date to do on a Saturday morning. All the vendors we interacted were super kind.

Great farmers market. Larger than most others in Monterey county. Good mix of food and drink…read morevendors plus fresh produce.

I am thrilled to be able to buy pastured chicken, pastured pork, pastured turkey, and pastured eggs…read morefrom Aurelio and Sarah, the husband and wife team that make up this small, local operation. I have purchased from them at the Sunnyvale Farmer's Market on Saturdays, from the Campbell Farmer's Market on Sundays, direct in the form of a couple bulk buys to stock my freezer, and over the years from a couple different season-long CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) pickup sites they've set up in San Jose and in Los Gatos. Buying directly from the farmer has been an educational experience for me and my family in terms of really understanding how food gets from the farm to the table. Before this, I bought the same cuts of on-sale factory farmed meat from the grocery store, failing to internalize that what those animals were fed and the living conditions in which they were raised could not possibly result in food that I would want to consume. I did not understand that "organic" or "free-range" did not mean what I would have assumed it to mean. After watching the movie "Food Inc.", I totally understand now why you ought to want to meet your farmers and have a direct relationship with them. The more I have read, the more foolish I feel to trust big corporations and the deceptive marketing they use to swindle you into believing their products are wholesome. If I could reasonably pull it off, I'd raise my own animals and grow more of my own food, but since that's not practical right now, this is the next best thing. Over time, I am learning how to use the variety of cuts that we get from the pork and how to render the fat to use in browning roasts, cooking vegetables, making pastry (for pies and samosas), and occasional frying. I use the chicken bones and carcass and now also the heads and feet to regularly make stock. (I am worried about what is in the bones of industrially-farmed animals so I regret using them for stocks before I learned about this.) And overall, we now eat less meat than we used to, being careful not to waste anything. We used to buy a $5 whole chicken, already roasted, from Costco, and now I am flabbergasted at speculating what they must do to be able to pull that off. Prior to reading about pastured animals, I was afraid of consuming animal fat. Now I am only afraid of the animal fat from industrially-farmed animals (as I'm worried about the toxins and antibiotics being concentrated in them). I'm also afraid of many vegetable oils as I've read that the processing of them likely has damaged them to the point of making them dangerous for us to consume. So I am thankful I can now render my own lard from Fiesta Farm's pork (and tallow from Morris Grassfed's beef). I respect and appreciate Sarah and Aurelio's transparency and values and am happy to support their business. I am thankful for their hard work and their commitment to doing things right. And wow, I am so grateful to live in the bay area where we have relatively easy access to nutritious real food produced with integrity.

I buy Fiesta Farm eggs and chicken at the Campbell farmers market- they are both excellent quality…read more The eggs are fresh and taste like an egg should! The chickens are so clean that when I use them to make broth there isn't any junk or scum that comes out in the cooking. I would buy these everyday if I could! Wish I could have access to these on a regular basis!!!

Good food and fresh fruit ! Great nic naks like dish towels, soap, candles etc…read more Not the least expensive but it's worth it

Picked up some fried artichokes a few weeks ago from the deli. They used to be the best in the…read morearea for years and looked forward to having them as a treat. New managers or owners changed the recipe or supplier. They are very bland now with no taste. They need to improve or will lose local customers.