I highly recommend this farm for cherry season…read more I went today (Saturday, May 7), which was the first day of cherry season at John Podesta Farms. Why did I rate them five stars? Let's find out. 1 star = organization 1 star = price 1 star = variety 1 star = customer service 1 star = bathrooms Here's the longer version. **Organization** I love how organized they are. You start by visiting their website and getting yourself on the notifications list. Then, when summer gets closer, they send you an initial text gauging your interest. If you're still interested, you get a second text asking you how many people you plan to bring and how many pounds you plan to pick. Then your final text is your reservation with directions, the liability waiver, instructions like bringing a bucket and a ladder, etc. This is the most organized place I've ever picked fruit at. As an organized person myself, I was very pleased. The only piece of information they don't tell you in the multiple communications that would be helpful is that they open at 9am. So, I showed up at 8:15 and had to wait. **Price** Where else can you get cherries for only $2/pound? Nowhere in California that I know of. Even if you add the price of gas for the round trip drive, I bet they're still cheaper. As a reference, they ask you to bring a 5-gallon bucket (you know the ones they sell paint in when you have to paint a house), and if you fill that bucket to the top, it only costs $60. **Variety** I picked only bing cherries while I was there because I was on a time limit, and I didn't have time to frolic, but I know they have bings, rainiers, brooks, and corals. **Customer Service** The owner of the farm is so helpful, upbeat, and friendly. He's got a great vibe that just gets you in a good mood. You can tell he's passionate about the cherries, and that passion is contagious. **Bathrooms** I know, you're probably thinking, who gives an entire star for porta potties? Let me tell you who. The adult woman who has a bladder the size of a toddler's, that's who. And it's not just the fact that they have porta potties that makes me happy, but there's also a hand washing station with soap and paper towels to dry your hands. During a pandemic, that's a really nice touch, don't you think? (worth an entire star, amiright?) So, there you have it. 5 stars for this cherry orchard. I will definitely be back.

Sweet cherries. Nice farm for family outing. $2 per pounds is reasonable price and you get to…read moreexperience to explore and taste the cherries before you pick it. Nice people, nice place. This is our to go cherry picking place every year.

Fun place with a cool country vibe. They have a nice selection of high quality fruits and…read morevegetables. Cafe took great care of us and even brought out a peanut butter cookie and cup of water for my dog. Panini sandwiches made to order and delicious cookies

Yes and Again we found some Really Good Treats that are Uniquely Delicious and Healthy. No lines…read moreand great service. Country setting

Been here a few times , never had a bad experience . However customer service is key to the success…read moreof every business . So RiElla do better and enough with the rudeness

Very rood people and selling rotten chicken that smells very bad. Please do not buy chicken from…read morehere

FYI, they do in fact sell trees (ornamental and fruiting). If you have questions that can't be…read moreanswered via website or you can't take the time to visit and look at the inventory, you can always try calling. I did because I needed to know what kind of strawberry plant I bought (lost the tag it came with). How shameful to leave such an unreasonable review on a local business for a lack of customer initiative.

I went there with the purpose of finding an easy to take care of house plant. The owner was awesome…read moreand helped me pick out a ZZ plant. There is a coffee bar there so I also had a latte while I was walking around. There's a large outdoor gardening section as well that I want to go back to see when I have more time. They have tables and chairs that you can relax and have coffee.

Strawberry Fields has been around as long as I can remember. David and his family are wonderful…read morepeople. RIP David thank you for your years of providing us with delicious local produce.

Love this location. Everyone who works there is so kind. My two year old daughter loves…read morestrawberries and kept talking about strawberries, so they gifted her this huge strawberry they had picked! Fabulous fruit and produce and lots to choose from.

This place is definitely better than one of the Brentwood location we went to. The guy at stand was…read morevery friendly and they had clean buckets and cleaning stations for your picks. We picked some yummy blueberries and cherries. We went on a weekday so it wasn't as busy.

We came late in the year (June), but still got a ton of plump cherries. Next year we will come in…read moreMay when the season starts. I am still very happy with my haul. Just come early, as it does get very hot as the day progresses and the parking lot is small. They do sell other berries at the stand as well.

Great market for produce and fruits. Open 7 days a week from 7 am to 6 pm, even holidays…read more Sign up for the sale ad and every Friday morning you will get a text with the current specials. Also follow them on Facebook for updated specials John and Rosa are wonderful. They really care and are so helpful and friendly. John has a lot of info on farming so if you have a question, ask him! He will be happy to help you.

I went to A1 Ag because they have somehow made it to the top of every search for Organic Produce in…read morethe Lathrop/Tracy. Unfortunately, my experience couldn't pull in more than 1 star for me personally, as I was looking for organic :( First impression and good points is that they have a larger variety than a simple produce stand and they are located very close to exit off the freeway. Staff was less than welcoming, with 4 gentlemen sitting by the register at the entrance who seemed disinterested in their customers and annoyed (older man) when asked a question. I walked the whole store and couldn't find any organic produce. I asked a man stocking the produce if they carry organic and he shrugged and pointed me to ask the man at the front. (Hard pass since I knew how that would go and I didn't see any). I wasn't interested enough to look at pricing, so I am not helpful there, sorry. I left the market and saw that they have a fairly large garden space where they grow their fruit and veggies. Which would be great, but they are literally 100ft down a slight embankment from the I5 Freeway, so I imagine they are exposed to lots of emissions, etc. I added a screenshot of their location for perspective. I wouldn't recommend A1Ag for organic or even as a first choice despite their current rating, but I imagine there are a lot of folks who may love it.

FIND. HUMMUS HEAVEN…read more Okay wait, I'm toootalllyy getting ahead of myself, let me start over. So I stopped over at my friend's place a couple of days ago and she let me try the most AMAZING homemade hummus and I was ridiculously surprised when I heard that she got it from the Stockton Farmers' Market. I had gone to the one at the Stonecreek Village on the weekend and was EXTREMELY disappointed. But that's a completely different story. So I decided to check out the one at the Weberstown mall, hoping that it would be different. And boyyyy was it! And thank GOD it was! It's located right behind in the back parking lot of the Weberstown mall and the parking is super easy to get as it's right next to the huge cluster of tents in the UEI college parking lot. From ice cream to baked goods to olive oil and philly cheesesteaks and hotdogs, they have EVERYTHING here! I found Hummus Heaven almost instantly! There was some dude playing the fiddle passionately while singing right in front of his booth (really strange in my opinion). He had a huge variety of homemade hummus types from lemon, beet, to artichoke. Anyway, I want to go on and on about Hummus Heaven on here, but if you're still curious I've written a separate review for his yelp page. My favorite is their variety of delicious fruits. I went to the tent where it was $1.50/lb for a mix of fruits including white peaches, nectarines, apricots, plums, etc. They were all sooooo ridiculously sweet and cheap at the same time! I paid $3.75 for 6 different fruits! And they give you a bunch of samples if you'd like. The people who work here are super friendly too. I'm really sad I didn't discover this place earlier because it's so awesome! They're here over the summer months from 8 am to 1 pm and it's not too crowded. Come get your veggies, fruits, ice cream, olive oil, whatever you want here! They have practically everything and it's great!

My family has been going to this farmers market for as long can remember. The vendors are so nice…read moreand friendly. If something is $2 a lb, and it comes out to $2.14, they'll just round it to $2.00 even if it loses them 14 cents. Majority of things sold here are organic, but even those that aren't are held to California's extremely strict agricultural standards. I was so happy when they started staying open yesterday round. Sure in the winter rainy season there are less vendors, but many still show up every Sunday and Thursday. The fruit here lasts longer than that bought in the stores. I'll buy strawberries at target and the next day, there'll be mold on them. At this farmers market, I'll buy strawberries and they'll last until the farmers market on the next Sunday. Seriously, the fruit is so big and juicy. The fish is so fresh. The vegetables have that perfect crunch. Even if I don't need anything, I'm always stop to get a bundle of fresh cilantro. It helps make any meal better. It's a really nice open air market.