- Location: huge parking space under the freeway, on 8th and W St.
- Time: From 8AM to Noon
- Open all year, every Sundays
Someday there will be a website for it, just like the hugely popular Davis Farmers Market. Before I became a fan of the Sacramento Farmers Market (under the freeway), when we first moved into the area and I wanted to know more about it, I tried to find a website describing this market, but there isn’t one – so I’m going to take on the task to slowly introduce my reader to this gem. 
Since I live in Yolo County now, it’s hard not to make the comparison between both the Davis and the Sacramento ones. Both markets are great, but the Sacramento one is what it is – a market, while the Davis one encompasses music, community, children’s activities, and more, but you cannot beat the variety offered at the Sacramento Farmers Market (even though a lot of the vendors/farmers are the same).
My first stop of the day was the pear lady from Wheatland. Acording to her, they “don’t spray” and their practice is “low-impact”. I tend to believe that small farmers like herself don’t use chemical intensive practices, and I’m more keen to support local farmers, who may not be able to affording taking time off for the organic certification (“tons of paper work, visits, and payments”, one farmer told me), nor the labor intensive farming practice that organic food requires (the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) has many studies that documented the difficulty for small farmers to switch to organic
I love all her pears, but the ones on the left especially, “Comice” pear. OMG. It has the sweetness and flavor of the common d’Anjou/Bartlett pear, but it’s not as soft. Like the sign says ” Very sweet, nice and crunchy.” You can see that the fruits are bruised, they don’t look as good as the ones at the stores, but boy, they’re GOOD. Of course, being a fan of Asian pears, I brought those too. Yum.
The next stop – grapes. For grapes, you really want those to be organic – not only could grapes be the most chemical laden fruits, but in my opinion, the higher surface area alone justifies buying organics. And I struck gold that day. These grapes are perfect (price, taste, tartness/sweetness). Organic red flame grapes, only $1.50 a pound.
So what are you waiting for?
Bonus: there’s also an Asian orientated farmers market right across the street, look for the tents.
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I don’t see the day listed. Is this on Saturdays? It sounds great-thanks so much for sharing!
thanks Kelly for noticing the omission – post updated
I just got turned onto your blog a cople of weeks ago via a coworker and I am really enjoying your updates. Thanks so much for the ‘shout-out’ of the Sundays farmers market. I love, Love, LOVE this market and make it a point to go weekly-rain or shine, 12 months out of the year (the only times we don’t go is if we’re not in town). I agree that the Davis market is a lovely market and has so much wonderful vendors and stands to partake from, but it tends to get all the PR while our little gem under the W/X is really the star. Thanks again and keep up the good work!
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