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About the Market

SPECIAL NOTICE

Customers can now order and pay online for BOUNTY BOXES that will be picked up curbside beginning April 11.

In addition, the following measures were announced in late February  by the AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE OF MARIN and implemented beginning with the Grand Lake Market on February 28. They are designed to ensure compliance with CDPH guidelines for social distancing while ensuring our community members can buy essential groceries in an open-air environment from local farmers.

Market modifications: 

  • Only farmers, ranchers, fishers, food makers, and essential household producers are participating at markets currently.
  • All market booths are spaced further apart, and producers may have new temporary locations to maximize space.
  • No music, entertainment, or kids activities are allowed.
  • No tables and chairs are provided on-site to keep everyone in transit, and all prepared food is served to go.

Market Safety and Hygiene:

  • Hand washing and hand sanitizing stations are located through the market.
  • All sampling is suspended.
  • Shoppers may not touch produce or other products prior to purchase. Farmers or producers will hand shoppers the product, or drop it into your shopping bag.
  • If a producer accepts credit cards, please pay with this option. For cash transactions, please try to pay with exact change. If change is needed, please exchange currency on the table or counter.
  • To protect others, stay home if you are sick. If you are sick and in public, please wear a facemask when you are around others.

Maintaining Safe Distance:

  • Producers and shoppers are directed to maintain 6-foot distancing at all times.
    • Note: We recommend only 1 person per household attend the market; however, families and immediate household members shopping together can be closer than 6 feet. Parents should keep children closer than 6 feet.
  • Please limit your visit to no more than 30 minutes.
  • If at any time AIM Managers believe the market has too many shoppers on site to maintain social distancing, market entry and exit will be limited and tracked.
  • Please watch AIM’s new safety video with guidance on shopping the farmers market for essential groceries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPx8yXLuzwI.

Additional Notifications: 

  • AIM is requesting additional volunteers to help with monitoring social distance. If you are under age 65 and able to volunteer, please contact Will Finnie via THIS LINK.
  • AIM continues to accept CalFresh/EBT, offers a $10 Market Match for fruits and vegetables, and redeems Senior Bonus Bucks distributed by Mercy Housing.
Image Compliments of Grand Lake Neighbor, Rick Wise

The Best in the East Bay, the Grand Lake Farmers Market is a Saturday morning institution.

The Grand Lake Market had limited potential when it opened in the parking lot under Highway 580 circa 1998. The dedication of the new Splash Pad Park in 2003, however,  provided the ideal setting for an event that quickly evolved into a Saturday morning institution that’s helped make the adjacent Grand Lake commercial district an even more vibrant shopping and dining destination.

Visitors will typically find live entertainment, a kid’s bounce house and approximately 100 vendors offering produce, prepared foods and arts and crafts. Year-round hours are 9 AM to 2 PM. We recommend AC Transit, walking or biking but a limited amount of metered parking is generally available in the parking lot under the freeway for $2 per hour and there’s also free parking in the school playground across the street on Grand Avenue.

This is one of seven markets managed by the Agricultural Institute of Marin–a non-profit agency enabling growers to sell certified, farm-fresh produce directly to consumers. The Grand Lake Farmers Market Manager, Dan Foster,  can usually be found in the Information Booth at the Saturday market. Alternatively, phone 800 897-FARM.

Applications for vendors and entertainers are available on the AIM website.

GRAND LAKE MARKET VENDORS 

FRUITS

ORTIZ FARMS
Watsonville

PEACH FARM
Winters

KASHIWASE FARMS
Winton

J & J RAMOS
Hughson

TRIPLE DELIGHT
Caruthers

FEATHER RIVER FARMS
Yuba City

SCHLETEWITZ FARMS
Sanger

RAINBOW ORCHARDS
Camino

DEL REAL DATES
Salinas

LUCERO ORGANIC FARMS
Lodi

TWIN GIRLS FARM
Dinuba

SUNNYLAND ORCHARDS
Ripon

G & S FARMS
Brentwood

SUCCESS VALLEY FARM
Oxnard

VEGGIES

GASCON FAMILY FARM
Lathrop

SOLANO MUSHROOM
Vacaville

WILLIAMSON PRODUCE
Los Angeles

INZANA RANCH & PRODUCE
Hughson

KANDARIAN FARMS
Los Osos

LIFEFOOD GARDENS
Kelseyville

BALAKIAN FARMS
Fresno

FERAL HEART FARM
Sunol

CAPAY ORGANIC 
Capay

GOTELLI FARMS
Acampo

MASSA ORGANICS
Hamilton City

E & H FARMS
Oakdale

LEDESMA FARMS
Hollister and Gustine

RODRIGUEZ FARMS
Watsonville

GREEN PRODUCE
Merced

TOSCANO FAMILY FARM
Lodi

STEPLADDER CREAMERY
Cambria

SMART MICROFARMS
San Mateo

HAPPY BOY FARMS
Watsonville

ZUCKERMAN FARMS
Stockton

TOMATERO ORGANIC FARM
Watsonville

COUNTY LINE HARVEST
Petaluma

LUCERO ORGANIC FARMS
Lodi

MEATS & SEAFOOD

THE BACONER
Oakland

STONEROOT FIELD & SEA
Sausalito

FRANCE DELICES
Hayward

CAP’N MIKES HOLY SMOKE
Sonoma County

H & H FISH FRESH FISH
Santa Cruz

FALLON HILLS RANCH
Tomales

FLOWERS & PLANTS

HIEB FAMILY FARM
Sonoma Coast

SUNNYSIDE ORGANIC SEEDLINGS
Richmond

WESTERN SUN FLORAL
Half Moon Bay

CRANE CREEK GROWERS
Penngrove

DAIRY PRODUCTS

ACHADINHA CHEESE
Petaluma

TOMALES FARMSTEAD CREAMERY
Tomales

NICASIO VALLEY CHEESE
Nicasio

PT. REYES FARMSTEAD CHEESE
Point Reyes

BAKED GOODS

BASECAMP BAKERY
Oakland

PHOENIX PASTIFICIO
Berkeley

STARTER BAKERY
Emeryville

CRUMBLE & WHISK 
Oakland

FLOUR CHYLDE BAKERY
Novato

SIMURGH BAKERY
Richmond

PACKAGED GOODS

AFFI’S MARIN GOURMET
Marin

PERFUSION VINEYARD
Richmond

GOOD FAITH FARM
Flournoy

HOME MAID RAVIOLI
South San Francisco

MOTHERS KNOW BEST
Oakland

TOM BEHR
Huckleberry Jams and Jellies

DELIGHTFUL FOODS
Oakland

BIG PAW OILS & VINEGARS
Vacaville

MARSHALL’S FARM HONEY
American Canyon

EAST/WEST BOLANI
Concord

EXTREME JUICE
Santa Clara

OBOUR FOODS
San Francisco

THE CHAGA COMPANY
San Francisco

BEBER ALMONDMILK
Chico

LUCKY DOG HOT SAUCE
Hayward

NAGO FOODS
San Francisco

LAKSHMI LASSI
Mill Valley

KETTLE POP
Benicia

OYNA NATURAL FOODS
San Francisco

PREPARED FOODS & DRINKS

TRU GOURMET DIM SUM
San Francisco

LA CASCADA TAQUERIA
Berkeley

ROLI ROTI 
Hayward

UHURU MARKET CAFE
Oakland

DONNA’S TAMALES
Fairfax

CAFE ZAMBALA
El Cerrito

ANFILO COFFEE
Oakland

BICYCLE COFFEE
Oakland

WAFFLE MANIA
San Francisco

NATIVE JUICE CO.
San Francisco

INDIA GOURMET
Watsonville

BRITTANY CREPES/GALLETES
San Rafael

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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