Reviews for: Aptos Farmers Market at Cabrillo College

Awesome selection, best produce, very clean, well maintained, interesting vendors and good selection of instructions from local cooks & chefs.

Year round: sun, rain, or coastal fog. Best berries, greens, winter & summer produce, plus eggs, grass fed beef & pork, pasta and a wacky accordionist to astonish & entertain. These farmers are some of the nicest people you will ever meet. Three cheers for Aptos Farmers Market.

Excellent Farmer's market - well run and organized with innovative attractions and top notch fruits, vegetables, snacks, flowers, plants, and the entertaining Farmers market band!

It's a culinary fantasy come true! Fresh, delicious food, great breakfast treats and fabulous, organic coffee. Especially fun with the old-timey music playing (but not BLASTING), and lots of people having fun.

It is fun to follow the seasons through local produce. The vendors are friendly and share their knowledge about different varieties -- especially the growing number of heirloom varieties. The market enables me to provide a marvelous diet for our house rabbits and I eat better as well!

the vendors are friendly and willing to answer questions. there is a great variety of products available, always fresh and delicious, frequently unusual.

Our Farmer's Market in Aptos (MBCFM) is the BEST! The vendors are like next door neighbors, caring and concerned that they are bringing us the best of their produce, fish, and products. The Market is very well run, thanks to the manager's constant presence and wise decisions. Our market is the best!

Excellent selection, homey and sweet environment, great public events, and generous support for community nonprofits

friendly vendors; the freshest fruit, fish and flesh; all in a sunny setting where neighbors of all ages meet and greet the weekend!

Amazing products fresh picked at sunrise. The best customer service in the world, lots of tasty free samples and of course the wonderfully entertaining live Bluegrass by the Farmers Market String Band!

It is a wonderful place, lots of variety, great music, food, they support the local cat rescue people.

Great music, yummy treats, and beautiful produce raised within 20 miles in the amazing fields of Santa Cruz County.

It's a wonderful year round market with local organic fruits and vetables, breads, food, entertainment, great people and much, much, more

Excellent selection of organic produce and prepared foods. Plus, who can pass up the kittens on display from the Animal Services.

I love the organic produce, the berry pies, the atmosphere and the musice which is supplied by my kids third grade teacher whi ius blind and a huge inspiration.

The fresh food, friendly faces, music and great prices! I especially like all the choices of organic produce!

Aptos Farmers Market "HAS IT ALL". I try to be there every week. It is life at its best. You are sure to find what you are looking for—even a smile, and a good friend.

All the wonderful products and venders. It's the best and most comprehensive in the county. It is also the most consistant with most venders staying all year.

They have soo many great booths with an array of fresh produce. I also love the area where kitties that need homes are out to be seen and hopefully find forever homes. They have a great meat booth that sells humane, pastured meats, and there's lots and lots of organic!!!! Good vibes :)

It is large with a terrific selection of fresh local fruits and vegetables. Plus there is always live music. What more could you ask for?

I shopped this market almost every Saturday for 15 years when I lived in the area and now everytime I get home to CA. Love the variety, love the people.

Every Saturday it's like a party! Everyone seems to be in a good mood both vendors and patrons. Lots of recipe sharing is going on. Plus they bring in local chefs to show what they are doing with their farmers market produce. My favorite thing is that I can but grass fed, hormone and antibiotic free, happy farm animal meats.

It is conveniently located for the village and offers an array of wonderful organic produce and flowers. On-going presentations & informational sessions for the public at the market keep us up to date on nutrition and wellness. The atmosphere at Aptos is a big draw - no better way to spend a Saturday morning!

It's great to have a nearby farmer's market with such a wide selection of yummy fresh veggies and mushrooms(!) and much more, with friendly informative vendors and live music weekly. The setting! plenty of parking, views to die for, and don't forget the seafood and meat options too! And purring kitties... hard to beat that. We love it.

Because it's awesome! And it has all the best stuff! And there are cooking classes!

They have a wonderful selection year-round, and I always know that there will be plenty of parking available. Love the cut flowers and fresh bread!

The eggs I buy there are better brighter and fresher than any other eggs anywhere! I always start my stroll through the market with a fresh and excellent chai from the tea vendor. My son always makes sure I pick up some exotic mushroom (he is 11 & eats more vegies now due to the farmers market experience than I could have ever encouraged him to eat on my own), and (to go with the mushroom of course) some Belgian cheese sausage from the Corrolitas Market booth. Fresh, local, often organic or no pesticides, the produce is alive and vibrant at our Aptos Saturday Market. There is always live music and often a class to enjoy. What better way to spend a Saturday morning!

Incredible variety of local produce, I discover something new to cook every week. But best of all: beautiful and cheap cut flowers that last a long time.

It's the best place possible for fresh fruits and vegetables, especially tomatoes with REAL TASTE (unlike those in the supermarket). The atmosphere is such that it's become a must-go-to place every Saturday for my husband and me.

Fabulous produce, wonderful fish, pastries to drool over, locals meeting locals over an nonexistent fence, plus music by our Farmers Market Band with kids of fall ages shaking their favorite "mariachi fruit" and dancing to the rhythms and sounds of a the band.

I love the variety of the veggies and fruits that are just as colorful as the people who grow them. And the demonstrations and visits with local chefs. And the cat adoption people who love their feline friends so much! And that's just the beginning of the many outstanding aspects of this huge yet heartfelt market.

Great food, great vendors, a community feeling with wonderful connections among friends who meet there every week. Well organized, clean and professional

This organization is the best. The freshest fruits and veggies that California can produce are at this market. The farmers are pleasant and willing to talk about their products. A very healthy social event

Best farmers market in California! Great vendors, warm and friendly ambiance, professionally managed. We love this market.

It's way the best FM. All the displays are so beautiful, the food so good, and my husband always remarks on how radiant and full of health all the people look, just like the food.

I look forward to Saturday mornings and our visit to MBCFM. My 4 teen daughters love the food and now one of them gets up early to go shopping with us. Great vendors, great friends. We benefit greatly from this weekly excursion. Love it!

It's a 4 hour village with great ambiance, excellent location, parking garage, wise management, high attendance,enthusiastic customers, 60 booths, knowledgeable vendors, superior quality products, conventional and organic growers, certified and uncertified locations. A model market!

It's always an adventure and it's led to some of the best meals we've ever had. I love the market.l

I support Aptos Farmers Market because everyone is friendly, the produce and products are always delicious and the farmers live in my neighborhood!

Long-established, great community market, wonderful and friendly vendors and staff with a wide selection of the highest quality produce in California

Great atmosphere, great product, friendly vendors! I have attended most weeks since I moved to Santa Cruz County in 1993. It has become a Saturday ritual.

This market is one of the oldest markets in the area, and I have been going for 20+ years. A wide variety of produce, flowers, meat and fish, and all top quality, can be found here year-round rain or shine. The folks here, vendors and customers alike, are friendly. The market also features talks from local chefs and gardeners to inspire and further educate folks about what is at market.

Because I can get the most beautiful flowers there every week, and the fruit and vegetables are so much better than the stores!

It's beautifully run, festive, populated by a wonderful variety of vendors including many certified organic growers; it's close to home, a great place to run into friends & neighbors and to make new friends. I love buying my produce there, learning what's in season when, and meeting the people who grow the food my family eats.

it is consistently the best run market with the greatest variety of vendors and is in a great location central to the community and it even has an ocean view. It has been going for over a quarter of a century. It rocks bill

The produce is fabulous - the choice is amazing and there is so much variety that you can get your entire meal right there.

I have gone to FM's fur years. At Cabrillo, the vendors are like family. It has the biggest and best selection of any I've seen. It is always a traet; I look forward to it every week, rain, shine, or fog!

Great selection. Manager does a great job keeping of keeping it a real farmer's market, not a circus.

Fresh produce direct from the farmers with a great selection and reasonable prices.

INCREDIBLE organic fruits and veggies! Wonderful food, flowers, plants, and great music! And beautiful spot overlooking the Monterey Bay!

It's not just an incredible market with great produce but the newsletter is informative and beautiful.

Great veggies, fruits, and lots of other wonderful foodstuff, great vendors, and great events. And great music too!!

Because they have such an amAzing variety and array of organic comestibles, flowers and food!

Fresh organic produce,direct from the farmer. Music, great coffee , a myriad of other foods and plants,flowers even pets for the choosing. A delightful spot in sun or fog. Oh yes and lots of parking too.

I love the fresh produce. I bring my own bag which I fill with goodies I eat throughout the week...and I love to have my weekly fresh oyster.

A lively and festive atmosphere where you have access to the best produce, food artisans, and florals that the region has to offer. The market also provides wonderful events and demos to capture the culinary imagination. Its truly a local treasure!

We love this market because it has everything....fun, produce, food, flowers and it just feels festive.

I'd much rather shop in the sunshine, meet the farmers growing the food I eat and be with my community than shop in a store anytime!

They've been around forever and they have great and fresh fish and produce and they're convenient!

We think of the amazing music played by the band as the soul of the Aptos market. We love supporting the local farmers!!! This feels super important. Also, by having delicious and organic fruits and vegetables, enjoying wonderful chai, as well as seeing and buying beautiful flowers, we are contributing to our joy and health, as well. Being with and seeing friends for whom the market is also important, makes Saturday morning a such fun and fantastic highlight of the week.

It's a great place to take the family for Sat. Morning breakfast and stroll around gathering delicious fruits and veggies for the week. I love meeing my neighbors and old friends there, it's convenienctly located with plenty of parking at the college. Excellent location, farmers, entertainment, and fun for ALL!

The rich array of choices - it is worth the drive to find what I really want at a farmer's market

It is a joyous celebration of fresh foods, great local merchandise and community.

I love Saturday mornings at the Farmers Market -- I love the fresh fruits and vegetables, all of the wonderful cut flowers and organic plants for planting and the wonderful Malabar Tea Company with their hot chai. But more than the wonderful quality of the food, this is where friends meet and greet. This is one of the finest quality markets I've been to over the years. I love the variety of things available to me.

It was the first one in Santa Cruz County! It continues to be for 30 years a FANTASTIC MARKET!

I love the friendly and relaxed atmosphere, the incredible variety of fresh produce and specialty items, the live music, and the sharpener, so you can get your knives and garden tool sharpened while you shop. It offers regular events that bring the community together. A visit to the Aptos Farmers Market is a great way to start the weekend!

We are devout Aptos Farmers Market shoppers! In the last 25 years, we have hardly missed a Saturday to buy the highest quality foods available anywhere in the world!

Love the variety of food from fruits & veggies to fish & meat. Great plants & herbs also.

Our farmers market is the best! This market is really an urban village each Saturday morning--it's THE place where our community gathers to buy fresh, local produce, flowers, plants, farm fresh eggs, locally produced honey, artisan baked goods and pastries, and many other exceptional products. It's also a great place to relax and meet friends for coffee or chai, listen to music, (The Great Morgani is our personal favorite) or watch a cooking demo. It's the perfect start to a weekend!

it is in close proximity to where i live and has a fabulous array of organic produce

Wonderful, unique selection w/ knowledgeable vendors. Fun music, smiling people. Local cat rescues come show cute kitties. Knife sharpening man. Lots of yummy food to keep you going while you shop.

Our Farmer's Market rocks! Great community growing great, fresh, healthy and organic food. Keep it local and let's all see ORGANIC AND HEALTHY surpass CORPORATE AND UNHEALTHY all over. We can do this!

Close to home; organic local produce; music; local chocolatier, local bakers; local fish sellers; local organic seedlings for my own organic garden. Supports our local organic economy. Friendly vendors. Local SPCA brings their adoptable kitties for viewing and hopefully new homes.

It's a ritual for me! I'm there for the local fruit, veggies and flowers~ and my favorite fair-trade coffee!

Favorites are the Almond Butter from F&J Minazzoli Farms (must have for family in Boston and New York) and Ken Kimes wheat grass...a must for our cat. AND Morgani, the accordianist, of course.

Love this market!!! The farmers, the musicians, the fresh seafood, the bakers!

I have been a regular shopper at the Aptos farmers market for over 8 years, and I can say it is the best market I've ever been to anywhere.

First, there are a lot of vendors offering high quality food that's locally grown, caught or prepared. I love getting up on saturday morning and heading down there, shopping list in hand, to see what surprises I'll find and to replenish my cupboards with the foods I love. Fruits, veggies, flowers, eggs, teas and fair trade coffee are all available, and I know they're going to be fresh and grown sustainably. I can do virtually all my shopping for the week here.

The venue itself is easy to find with lots of free parking and is handicapped accessible.

The Aptos market is family oriented, to be sure. I look forward to meeting friends there as well as talking to the farmers and vendors that have become friends over the years.

This market also has regular cooking demonstrations and the web site is a resource that always let's me know what new crops are in, (and the farmers that grow them) as well as a physician's column that helps inform and educate about things that matter to me: health, fitness, stress reduction etc.

This market is a true community event, and I highly recommend it to locals and visitors alike.