East Palo Alto Community Farmers’ Markets
Gathering the East Palo Alto community around
nourishing food
The East Palo Alto Community Farmers’ Market is a crucial resource for ensuring affordable and culturally-relevant food is made accessible to the East Palo Alto Community, while supporting small family farms and building connections to local community-based organizations.
$88,300
Fruit & Veggie Savings
incentives redeemed
7,200 Shoppers
visited us at Bloomhouse
last year
$164,300
direct payments
made to our farmers
*Data from 2025 Annual Report
Market Information
Wednesdays, 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM,
April through November
Bloomhouse, 2555 Pulgas Ave, East Palo Alto
Payment, Fruit & Veggies Savings Programs
Volunteering at the East Palo Alto Community Farmers’ Market
Support with the operations of the market, including set-up and break down!
Farmers’ Market Vendors
Interested in being a vendor at the East Palo Alto Community Farmers’ Market? Review the applications below to learn more!
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“The Matching Program at the East Palo Alto Community Farmers’ Market has helped a lot when I don’t have too much money. I have an extra $10 dollars to spend on fresh fruits and vegetables for my family. I’ve been coming to this market for 9 years. It is my favorite. Everyone is really friendly and nice, I feel at home.”
Yazmin Garcia, East Palo Alto Community Farmers’ Market Shopper and Volunteer
Events at the Market
Cooking & Gardening Demos
We also feature live cooking demonstrations from our nutrition team using seasonal farmers’ market produce; and our gardening team hosts weekly compost hub collections!
Community Tabling
We welcome local community organizations from around East Palo Alto to table at the market and connect with market shoppers. It is strongly recommended that any tabling organization bring materials in Spanish, as well as having staff who are comfortable communicating in Spanish.
To table, community-based organizations must provide services, programs, and/or resources in East Palo Alto or San Mateo County. Organizations soliciting community feedback or conducting community surveys are welcome as well. You must get explicit permission from Fresh Approach staff to attend market on a given day.
“Our community Reuse Incentive Program at the East Palo Alto Community Farmers’ Market could not be possible without our close collaboration with Fresh Approach: through their efforts to connect the mostly Latinx EPA community with fresh, healthy local produce, we’ve been able to engage our community and build a program that is successful beyond our wildest imagination. A constant reminder of how in community, solidarity and collaboration, we thrive.”
Alejandra Warren, Executive Director of Plastic Free Future
Meet our Farmers & Vendors
Castellanos Farms
Gilbert is the face you’ll meet at the Castellanos Farms booth at the East Palo Alto Community Farmers’ Market. The farm is owned by many family members, and Gilbert has held different roles for the family business: from production and distribution, to working at the Farmers Markets, picking the fruit, pruning the trees, washing crates, and loading. A farm primarily growing fruit, you will find a beautiful selection of citrus, cherries, and stone fruit throughout the season at their booth!
DaphneGardens Skincare
Stephanie, an EPA resident and the founder of DaphneGardens Skincare created DaphneGardens Skincare to moisturize the world. If you experience dry skin, the first application of our shea butter will leave your skin hydrated and soft all day. Not only is DaphneGardens Skincare a moisturizer for your skin but it can also be used on natural hair and scalp. Visit her booth to learn more!
Gallardo’s Organic Farm
Jose Gallardo of Gallardo’s Organic Farm is a small grower in Salinas, CA. He’s been growing organic produce for nearly a decade, including varieties such as berries, greens, tomatoes, root vegetables, and more. Jose is passionate about the quality of his product, paying close attention to the health of the soil he grows from along with keeping a chemical-free environment on his farm. He emphasizes the importance of understanding that to provide the community with food is to keep their health in your hands: a responsibility he does not take lightly.
Happy Face Nursery
A small family business based out of San Martin, CA, Happy Face Nursery prides themselves in growing a variety of plants, succulents, fruit trees and rose bushes along drought friendly perennials. Mayra and her family sell with us once/month.
Hummus Heaven
Based out of San Leandro, Hummus Heaven has been with us since 2020. Mourad Cherif, owner of Hummus Heaven, offers over 15 flavors of hummus, accompanied by varies of pita chips and pita bread. His dolmas, and salad selections along with other dips are delicious and a must try when visiting the market.
Menlo Honey
Dirk is a former software engineer that took up beekeeping 15 years ago as a hobby. He met a local honey seller at the Menlo Park Farmers’ Market, who invited him to gather honey from some hives, and the rest is history. Since then, he’s continued to learn more and more bees, and has backyard hives in homes across Palo Alto, Menlo Park and Atherton.
Ponce Produce
Ruben has been farming for over 40 years and owns Ponce Produce, a 4 acre Certified Organic Farm in Watsonville, California. He grows many varieties that are nutritious, medicinal, and have the taste of true home-grown produce. This includes sweet berries, hardy greens, fresh herbs, nourishing veggies, & nopales. Ruben prioritizes quality in his farming practices, often tending to the crops on his own to maintain safe, fundamentally organic management of the food he grows.
