I was working on this about five weeks ago, before the Getty Fire started, and I would still like to share these with you now.
LOCAL FARMS NEAR SANTA MONICA IN CALIFORNIA THAT YOU CAN BUY LUSCIOUS FRESH STUFF TO EAT FROM!
http://www.adamsoliveranch.comLindsay, CA
53+ years farming, OLIVES
http://www.basiltops.comCardiff-By-The-Sea, CA
28+ years farming, PESTO
http://www.baylikefarms.comFillmore, CA
33+ years farming, TOMATOES
http://www.coscymcorchids.comLeucadia, CA
34+ years farming, ORCHIDS
http://www.fairviewgardens.orgGoleta, CA
25+ years farming, VEGETABLES
http://www.florabellafarm.netThree Rivers, CA
53+ years farming, VEGETABLES
http://www.fourapostles.comBermuda Dunes, CA
26+ years farming, DATES
http://www.friendsranches.comOjai, CA
115+ years farming, CITRUS
http://www.glassranch.comRiverside, CA
100+ years farming, CITRUS
http://www.honeycrispfarm.comReedley, CA
35+ years farming, STONE FRUITS
http://www.treepilot.comLong Beach, CA
30+ years farming, HONEY
http://kowalke.itgo.comCulver City, CA
20+ years farming, SPROUTS
http://www.linderbison.com10+ years farming, BISON
http://www.martinezfarms.netFillmore, CA
15+ years farming, VEGETABLES
http://www.olsonfamilyfarms.comKingsbury, CA
118+ years farming, STONE FRUITS
http://www.organicpastures.comFresno, CA
18+ years farming, DAIRY
http://www.peacockfamilyfarms.comDinuba, CA
60+ years farming, STONE FRUIT, GRAPES, VEGETABLES
http://www.penrynorchardspecialties.comPenryn, CA
6+ years farming, ASIAN PEARS, PERSIMMONS
http://www.politofarms.comValley Center, CA
38+ years farming, CITRUS
http://www.rancholavina.comLompoc, CA
48+ years farming, VEGETABLES
http://www.redwoodhill.comSebastopol, CA
17+ years farming, GOAT'S MILK CHEESE
http://www.rincondairy.comSanta Margarita, CA
8+ years farming, SHEEP'S MILK CHEESE
Russell Family Farm
Fallbrook, CA
28+ years farming, MACADAMIA NUTS
888 549 9126
http://www.rutizfarms.comArroyo Grande, CA
26+ years farming, VEGETABLES, HERBS
http://www.santabarbarapistachios.comVentucopa, CA
15+ years farming, PISTACHIOS
http://www.springhillcheese.comPetaluma, CA
19+ years farming, CHEESE
http://www.skylineflowers.comOxnard, CA
55+ years farming, FLOWERS
http://www.tuttifruttifarms.comLompoc, CA
20+ years farming, VEGETABLES, TOMATOES
http://www.winchestercheese.comWinchester, CA
55+ years farming, GOUDA CHEESE
http://www.windrosefarm.orgPaso Robles, CA
11+ years farming, BEANS, TOMATOES
Recommending: FARM TO TABLE SLOW FOOD MOVEMENT
Also recommending: THE SANTA MONICA FARMER'S MARKET COOKBOOK: SEASONAL FOODS, SIMPLE RECIPES, AND STORIES FROM THE MARKET AND FARM by Amelia Saltsman with foreword by Deborah Madison
ALSO!
THE SANTA MONICA FARMER'S MARKET
WEDNESDAYS 2nd Street and Arizona
SATURDAYS 3rd Street and Arizona
PICO-SATURDAYS Virginia Avenue Park, Pico and Cloverfield
MAIN STREET-SUNDAYS 2640 Main Street and Ocean Park Boulevard
website:
http://farmersmarket.santa-monica.orgAROUND 9AM to 1 PM.