About the Farmers

The products listed below is not a complete list for most of the farmers. Rather the list is intended to provide only a representative sample of what the farmer brings to market. Also please note that many of the products are seasonal.

Farmer
Farm Location
Markets
Attended
Representative
Product List

Martin works for
House of Bread
San Luis Obispo

· Spencer's AG

· Morro Bay

We use fresh, natural stone-milled wheat flour for all our products

  • Breads: many kinds eg. basil, parmesan, challah, dakota, honey whole wheat & french baguettes
  • Other products: eg. cinnamon rolls, muffins, & scones

Vincent Antonio
Antonio Gardens
Arroyo Grande

· Spencer's AG

· Arroyo Grande

  • Avocados: 4 types, eg. Hass
  • Beans:4 kinds, eg. romano
  • Lemons: several kinds, eg. Meyer
  • Lettuce: several types, eg. Romaine
  • Peaches: Babcock
  • Raspberries

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Asbell
Nipomo

· Oak Plaza

· Gottschalk's

· Arroyo Grande

  • Cymbidium Orchids in Winter and Spring

Avila & Sons
Hanford

· Morro Bay

· Spencer's AG

· Downtown SLO

· Gottschalk's

  • Cherries
  • Dried fruits
  • Figs
  • Nuts: peanuts & pistachios
  • Peaches

Lupe & Iris work for

Apolonia & Manuel Bautista

Arroyo Grande

· Spencer's AG

· Morro Bay

· Downtown SLO

· Gottschalk's

· Arroyo Grande

  • Beets, cabbage, carrots, chard
  • Flowers: many eg. gladiolas & tuberose
  • Salad Mix:10 kinds
  • Snow, snap, & English peas
  • Squash: 4 kinds eg. crookneck
  • Strawberries: eg. chandler
  • Tomatoes: cherry & shady lady

Kim Bell
Bell Farms
Coalinga

· Morro Bay

· Downtown SLO

· Gottschalk's

· Arroyo Grande

  • Armenian cucumbers
  • Cantaloupe, watermelon
  • Nuts: pistachios & almonds
  • Oranges: navel & Valencia
  • Tomatoes & peppers

Diane Boyd
Arroyo Grande

· Spencer's AG

· Morro Bay

· Arroyo Grande

different kinds of

  • Corn: sweet
  • Cucumber
  • Lettuce
  • Melons: Crenshaw & passport
  • Onions garlic
  • Salad: italian
  • Tomatoes
  • Winter squash

Charles & Rita Busalacchi
Stockton

· Morro Bay

· Downtown SLO

· Gottschalk's

May - June

  • Cherries: 8 kinds, eg. tartarian, bing, larian, rainegr, brooks & tulare

Cal Poly
San Luis Obispo

· Morro Bay

· Downtown SLO

· Gottschalk's

· Arroyo Grande

Cal Poly has two groups that come to the farmers' markets

  • Citrus & avocado
  • Vegetables
  • Ornamental plants

Catarino & Lupe Chavez
Chavez Farms
Santa Maria

· Spencer's AG

· Morro Bay

· Downtown SLO

· Gottschalk's

· Arroyo Grande

  • Beans: green
  • Broccoli, cauliflower & cabbage
  • Cilantro & jalapenos
  • Dried beans: peruano
  • Onions,
  • Potatoes
  • Squash
  • Strawberries: chandler & gaviota

Michael Cirone
Cirone Farms
See Canyon & HWY 41

· Morro Bay  

· Downtown SLO

· Gottschalk's

  • Apples:70 kinds eg. spitzenberg
  • Apricots: blenheim
  • Peaches:15 kinds eg. O 'Henry
  • Sapote: white

Jose & Roberto , & Francesca
Cortez Farms
Nipomo

· Spencer's AG

· Morro Bay

· Downtown SLO

· Gottschalk's

· Arroyo Grande

  • Beets: red & yellow
  • Carrots, cilantro , celery, cucumbers
  • Leeks, lettuce 5 kinds,
  • Nopales, tomatillos
  • Peas:4 kinds,  beans:2 kinds
  • Peppers: bell, chili& jalapeno
  • Strawberries
  • Tomatoes: 6 kinds

Pete & Michele Cramer
PC Cattle Co.
San Luis Obispo

·Gottschalk's

  • Beef

Our British white steers, noted for lean tender meat, are born and raised in San Luis Obispo and are not given antibiotics or hormones.

Linda & Ellaine
Dela Cruz
Morro Bay

· Spencer's AG

· Morro Bay

· Downtown SLO

  • Broccoli
  • French carrots
  • Onions
  • Peppers
  • Spinach
  • Sugar snap peas

Marshal Dennis
Chadmark Farms
Paso Robles

· Downtown SLO

  • Flash pasteurized premium juice blends eg. apple, pomegranate & boysenberry
  • Apple 8 kinds eg. Anna & honey crisp
  • Dried apples-no sulfites or preservatives,
  • Grapes: zinfandel & concord
  • Jujube
  • Lemon cucumbers & corn

Nancy & Christina work for
Sandra & Mike Dimond
Pure & Simple Bread Bakers
Templeton

· Gottschalk's

· Arroyo Grande

Variety of Bakery Items including

  • breads, breakfast pastries & pies

Dennis Dobler
Nipomo

· Spencer's AG

· Gottschalk's

· Arroyo Grande

Specializing in plants for the central coast. Over 800 varieties of common, rare and unusual trees, shrubs, vines succulents & tropicals

Just to mention a few: grasses, palms, monkey puzzles, conifers, kangaroo paws, colored flaxes, papyrus, & alstromerias


Lorraine, Christina, Rudy Domingo
Arroyo Grande

· Spencer's AG

· Morro Bay

· Downtown SLO

· Gottschalk's

· Arroyo Grande

  • Anise
  • Arrugula
  • Basil
  • Beets
  • Carrots
  • Flowers: in season, eg. tulips & coreopsis
  • Other row crop vegetables
  • Spinach

 

Doug & Brian Bathe &
Evelyn Fernmaburg
Arroyo Grande

· Spencer's AG

· Morro Bay

· Downtown SLO

· Gottschalk's

  • Broccoli, cabbage & cauliflower
  • Flowers: dahlias, many colorful kinds
  • Guava: pineapple
  • Lettuce
  • Lettuce: romaine, red leaf
  • Melons: crenshaw cantaloupe
  • Pumpkins: big max
  • Squashes
  • Walnuts

Ryan Fife
Fife Farms
Visalia

· Morro Bay

· Downtown SLO

  • Citrus: 10 kinds eg. blood oranges & pummelos
  • Grapes:4 kinds eg. muscat-seedless
  • Nectarines: 4 kinds eg  maygrand & fantasia
  • Peaches: 4 kinds eg  Alberta & babcock
  • Plums: santa rosa & friar
  • Pomegranates: 2 kinds eg. wonderful

Johanna Finley
Finley Farms
Santa Ynez

· Gottschalk's

Certified Organic

  • Basil
  • Corn, sweet
  • Cucumbers: japanese, amenian, persian
  • Flowers: field grown eg. sunflowers
  • Garlic: several kinds
  • Onions, sweet
  • Peas
  • Squash
  • Tomatoes: heirloom varieties
  • Watermelon: golden

Leah Bailey & Tim French
Oak Hill Mushrooms
Atascadero

· Downtown SLO

  • Mushrooms: pearl, pink, elm, king oyster
  • Oyster mushroom: dried, growing kits, seasoning

Osias & Maria Galve Selma

· Downtown SLO

· Gottschalk's

· Arroyo Grande

  • Asian vegetables year round, and many salad items and stir fry vegetables

Chris
Green Farms
Lompoc

· Spencer's AG

· Morro Bay

· Downtown SLO

  • Artichokes
  • Asparagus

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Rose Harrison
Santa Margarita

· Gottschalk's

January through August

  • Sprouts
  • onion, cilantro , hot and spicy radish, hearty bean, clover and pea, sunflower, broccoli, and spring buckwheat

Robert Haussler
Haussler's Organic Orchard
Templeton

· Morro Bay

Certified Organic

  • Almonds: 3 kinds
  • Cucumbers: Armenian & lemon
  • Grapes: black monukka, flame & thompson
  • Kiwi Fruit: chico & Hayward
  • Mellon: cantaloupe & sugar baby watermelon
  • Tomatoes: beefsteak, brandywine, cherry, pear
  • Walnuts, 4 kinds

The Hayashis
San Luis Obispo

· Morro Bay

· Downtown SLO

· Gottschalk's

· Arroyo Grande

  • Anise
  • Celery
  • Cole crops: eg. brussels sprouts, cabbage
  • Corn
  • Lettuces: many kinds eg. iceberg &romaine
  • Squashes
  • Strawberries

Lori Heal
2 Peas in a Pod/ Mama's Preserves
Arroyo Grande

· Spencer's AG

· Downtown SLO

· Arroyo Grande

  • Blueberries
  • Olallieberries & Blackberries
  • Raspberries: yellow, gold & red
  • Homemade Preserves: large variety eg.
  • plum, peach, pear olallieberry, rosemary, mint
  • Jalapenos & marmalades too!

Art Henzgen
Henzgen Nursery
San Luis Obispo

· Gottschalk's

  • Apple Trees: fuji & gala
  • Citrus Trees: eg. lemon, tangerine, orange
  • Exotic Fruit Trees and Vines eg.
  • cherimoyas, guavas, sapotes, tree tomatoes, chayote & papaya
  • Plants: blueberry, raspberry & blackberry
  • Tomato Plants: 20 Varieties
  • Trees: redwood & Japanese maple

Dottie & Julia Huss work for
Mark Stopha
Alaska Wild Salmon
Alaska

· Gottschalk's

  • Halibut and troll caught salmon
  • Several kinds of frozen and smoked salmon: King, Coho , Sockeye, Keta

Ralph Johnson
San Luis Obispo

· Spencer's AG

· Morro Bay

· Downtown SLO

· Gottschalk's

· Arroyo Grande

  • Greens: 12 kinds eg. kales, collard, mustard
  • Lettuce: 8 kinds eg  heirloom & soft lettuce
  • Onion: 3 kinds eg. red & vidalia
  • Peppers 15 kinds, sweet bells t•habaneras
  • Plants: eg. culinary & medical herbs, tomatoes, lettuce, burdock & licorice root
  • Squash:10 kinds,  summer & winter types
  • Strawberries: seascape
  • Tomatoes:10 kinds eg. standard & heirlooms

Hector (above) works for
Andres Koch
Rosique by Eufloria
Nipomo

· Spencer's AG

· Morro Bay

· Gottschalk's

· Arroyo Grande

  • High Quality Green House Roses
    (18-21 inch stems)

Gil Brown above works for
Michael Krause
Arroyo Grande

· Spencer's AG

· Downtown SLO

· Gottschalk's

· Arroyo Grande

  • large variety of potted outdoor plants including
    cyclamen
    coleus
    sweet William
    alstromeria

Pierre Lahargou
Paso Robles

· Spencer's AG

· Morro Bay

· Gottschalk's

July - October

  • Watermelons

Lahargou's wonderful melons are dry land farmed, that is not irrigated

Philip & Nancy Langston
SLO Grown Produce
Arroyo Grande

· Spencer's AG

· Morro Bay

· Downtown SLO

· Gottschalk's

· Arroyo Grande

Greenhouse Grown

  • basils: lemon, purple opal & lettuce
  • bell peppers: red, yellow, orange, purple, black
  • cucumbers: European and Persian
  • green beans
  • tomatoes

Roberto LeFort
LeFort's Organic Crops
Creston

· Morro Bay

· Downtown SLO

· Gottschalk's

Certified Organic

  • Baby Carrots
  • Basil: 5 kinds eg  Italian, purple & Thai
  • Cucumbers: lemon & Armenian),
  • Eggplant: Italian & Japanese
  • Onions: walla walla & bianca di mayo
  • Radishes
  • Summer Squash: blossoms & baby squash
  • Tomatoes: cherry & new girl

Chuck Lenet
Cayucos

· Morro Bay

· Gottschalk's

Certified Organic

  • Blueberries
  • Chestnuts
  • Raspberries
  • Avocados

Gary Billington works for
Robert Lower
Thermal

· Downtown SLO

  • Dates

degletnoor, derries,medjools,

barhi, ruvri, & cire

Armando Lucero
Edna Apple Farm
Edna Valley

· Spencer's AG

· Arroyo Grande

  • Apples
  • Butternut
  • Eggs
  • Garlic
  • Lemon
  • Onions
  • Radish

Janet Maddux
Maddux Ranch
Lopez Lake

· Spencer's AG

· Morro Bay

· Arroyo Grande

  • Cabbage, brussels sprouts & broccoli
  • Cucumbers: lemon & japanese
  • Herbs: spearmint & basil
  • Lettuce: 10 kinds eg. romaine & green leaf
  • Peppers: 10 kinds
  • Pumpkins
  • Squash: 8 kinds eg. patty pan & crook neck
  • Tomato : heirloom, eg. green zebra, brandywine

The Mamarados
Gold Ridge Farm
San Luis Obispo

· Downtown SLO

· Gottschalk's

  • Beans
  • Carrots
  • Chives
  • Cucumber
  • Garlic: cloves and green garlic
  • Kale
  • Rhubarb
  • Shallots
  • Squash
  • Tomatoes

Meredith Middlecamp
Middlecamp Ranch
San Luis Obispo

· Gottschalk's

  • Apples: fuji, stripped delicious & gravenstein
  • Avocados: haas, bacon & fuerte
  • Figs: adriatic
  • Flowers
  • Fresh ranch eggs
  • Lemons: meyer & lisbon
  • Mandarins & tangelo
  • Oranges: navel & valencia


Balbino , Rojelio & Roberto
work for Jack Martin

Rocking Chair Ranch
Kingsburg

· Spencer's AG

· Morro Bay

· Downtown SLO

· Gottschalk's

· Arroyo Grande

  • Peaches: eg. spring snow, & o &rsquo ;Henery
  • Nectarines 11 kinds eg. crimson lady
  • Plums: 7 kinds eg. black beaut & show time
  • Apricots: robada, golden sweet & honey rich
  • Grapes: 7 kinds eg. crimson, fantasy & flame
  • Pluots: eg. flavor king, flavor & queen apple
  • Persimmons: hachiya & fuyu
  • Apples: braeburn, fuji, gala & granny smith
  • Oranges: navel & alencia
  • Grapefruit: pommelo

Jim & his partner Eric Michelsson
Clark Valley Farms
Los Osos

· Gottschalk's

  • avacados
  • beets
  • carrots
  • corn
  • cucumbers
  • lettuces
  • kales
  • •onions
  • peppers

C. Mina
Arroyo Grande

· Spencer's AG

· Arroyo Grande

  • Flowers: alstroemeria, bird of paradise, calla lily, dahlia, lion tail, mexican sage
  • Herbs: rosemary, sage, tarragon & thyme
  • Limes & meyer lemons
  • New Zealand spinach,
  • Nursery Stock: eg. . aloe vera, basil, dahlia, hydrangea, iris, jade, lavender, mint onion
  • Red Raspberries
  • Tomatoes

Tim & Arthur Monahan
Mill Orchard
Paso Robles

· Morro Bay

· Downtown SLO

· Gottschalk's

· Arroyo Grande

  • Apples
  • Apple juice
  • Dried apples
  • Grapes:

Greg & Nautas
Rocky Canyon Produce
Atascadero

· Spencer's AG

· Morro Bay

· Downtown SLO

· Gottschalk's

· Arroyo Grande

  • Juices: pomegranate & apple
  • Melons: ambrosia cantaloupes (full flavored), charlyn (tropical flavor), Ogen (sweet rich honeydew), honeyloupe, crenshaw
  • Potatoes: red & yukon gold
  • Sweet Potatoes
  • Tomatoes: big beef & sun gold cherry
  • Winter squash : eg. acorn, butternut, spaghetti, delicata, carnival & green kobocha

Vance Nonella
Best Apple
Arroyo Grande

· Gottschalk's

· Arroyo Grande

  • Eggs
  • Fuji & gala apples (when in season)

Variety of processed products including

  • apple chips apple cider
  • pickles (hot dill & sweet)
  • jams & jellies

Esther Rigoni Ormonde
Arroyo Grande

· Spencer's AG

· Morro Bay

· Downtown SLO

· Gottschalk's

· Arroyo Grande

  • Beans: 4 kinds, eg. yellow wax & blue lake
  • Cauliflower: purple, white, green & orange
  • Peppers, sweet: 9 kinds
  • Seasonal cut flowers: eg. tuberose, gladiolus, sweet pea,
  • Winter squash: 6 kinds eg. buttercup & acorn

Lyle & Barbara Overley
Nipomo

· Spencer's AG

· Morro Bay

· Gottschalk's

  • Basil
  • Cherimoya
  • Flowers: many kinds, eg. gerbera, protea, alstromeria
  • Tomatoes: greenhouse

Carolyn, Zoe & Jim Park
Park Organic Farm
San Luis Obispo

· Gottschalk's

The veggies are organic, the eggs are not

  • Beets
  • Chard: bright light
  • Lemons: eureka
  • Oranges: naval & Valencia
  • Squash: summer & winter
  • Tomatoes: early girl
  • Eggs

 

Logan & Jessica Nichols
Peacock Family Farms
Arroyo Grande

· Downtown SLO

· Gottschalk's

  • Basil: Italian large leaf
  • Cucumbers: hothouse
  • Eggplant: American & Japanese),
  • Free range brown eggs
  • Greenhouse and field tomatoes
  • Oyster & Shiitake mushrooms
  • Peaches
  • Summer squash: greenhouse & field
  • Sun dried raisins
  • Walnuts & pecans

The Perezs
Big Johns
Santa Maria

· Spencer's AG

· Morro Bay

· Downtown SLO

  • Beans: kentucky wonder & blue lake
  • Beets: golden & red bulls eye
  • Blackberries & raspberries
  • Salad mixes
  • Squash: gold & summer
  • Strawberries: gaviota & camarosa,
  • Swiss chard
  • Tomatoes: early girl

Mauro Perez
Los Osos

· Morro Bay

· Downtown SLO

· Gottschalk's

  • Beans: blue lake
  • Celery
  • Lettuce: heads, red, romaine, green, salad mix
  • Onions: vidalia, maui & red station
  • Peas: sugar & snap
  • Spinach
  • Summer squash: 4 kinds
  • Tomatoes: shady lady & roma
  • Other veggies, eg. broccoli, beets & cauliflower

Manuel & Mary Reis
Reis Family Farm
Los Osos Valley

· Downtown SLO

· Gottschalk's

  • Cucumbers
  • Dry Beans: 5 kinds
  • Indian corn
  • Popcorn
  • Pumpkins
  • Sunflowers
  • Tomatoes
  • Winter Squash: butternut & acorn

Noel & Yvonne Remick
Remick Farms
Reedly

· Spencer's AG

· Morro Bay

· Downtown SLO

· Gottschalk's

· Arroyo Grande

  • Apples: pink lady
  • Apricots: casslebright, lorna & rabota
  • Cherries: bing, brooks, ranier, & Tulare
  • Citrus: navel oranges, pink grapefruit
  • Nectarines: 18 kinds both yellow & white
  • Peaches: 13 kinds eg. elegant lady & june lady
  • Persimmons: fuyu & hachia
  • Plums: simka, belly anne, & simka
  • Pluots: dapple dandy, flavor rich, & flavorosa
  • Pomegranates

Craig, Don
& David
Righetti

Edna Valley

· Downtown SLO

· Gottschalk's

  • Avocados: 12 kinds eg  hass & nabal
  • Cherimoya

Jerry Rutiz
Rutiz Farms
Halcyon

· Morro Bay

· Downtown SLO

· Gottschalk's

· Arroyo Grande

  • Artichokes & asparagus
  • Beans: fava, blue lake, romano & shelling
  • Carrots, cucumber, cauliflower
  • Corn: super-sweet bi-color
  • Flowers: many eg. tuberose, tulips & dahlias
  • Herbs: many fresh eg. basil, thyme & dill
  • Peas & Peppers: sweet lipstick & chili
  • Potatoes: 3 kinds eg. yukon gold
  • Raspberries blackberries, Blueberries
  • Squash: yellow, zucchini & marrow
  • Tomato : early girl

Jessica & Miguel work for

Nancy & David Rydell
Fair Hills Farm
Santa Ynez

· Spencer's AG

Certified Organic

  • Apples: 12 kinds, eg. , braeburn, gala, granny smith & fuji
  • Stone fruit

Balbino & Rojelo
work for

Ronald Schletewitz
Fruit Factory
Sanger

· Spencer's AG

· Morro Bay

· Downtown SLO

· Gottschalk's

· Arroyo Grande

  • Apricots: eg. Kateg, poppy-cot & castlebrite
  • Grapefruit: star ruby, oro -blanco , pummello
  • Grapes: 7 kinds eg. crimson, thompson & musat
  • Nectarines: eg. fantasia &  arctic
  • Oranges: washington navel & blood
  • Peaches: 12 kinds eg. elegant lady & o &rsquo ; Henery
  • Plums: friar, mariposa, castlemann santa rosa
  • Pluots: dapple dandy, flavorosa, dion-eggs
  • Tangerines: eg. Clementine & Satsuma

Ruth Scovell
Orchard to You
Atascadero

· Downtown SLO

  • Flowers: eg. daffodils, lilac, peonies, roses, sweet peas, marigold, zina, sunflower
  • Walnuts

Christen's daughter Amber Christen Smith Exeter

· Gottschalk's

· Arroyo Grande

Citrus: 32 varieties

  • Blood Orange
  • Buddah Hand Citron
  • Grapefruit: 4 kinds eg. mel•gold & pummelo
  • Navels: 6 kinds eg. valencia, powell & cara
  • Tangerines8 kinds eg. satsuma & tangelo
  • Honey: orange
  • Mushrooms: morel

Don Sparks
Arroyo Grande

· Arroyo Grande

  • Corn: sweet
  • Lettuce mixes
  • Squashes
  • Tomatoes

Paul Stoltey
Atascadero

· Spencer's AG

· Morro Bay

· Downtown SLO

· Gottschalk's

· Arroyo Grande

Honey

  • Types vary with the seasons
  • Winter: manzanita & eucalyptus
  • Spring: orange, wild flower & sage
  • Summer: toyon & yellow star thistle
  • Fall: blue curls & wire weed

The Urquharts
Urquhart Farms
Morro Bay

· Morro Bay

· Downtown SLO

  • Artichoke: globe
  • Avocado : hass
  • Cherimoya: bays & whites
  • Flowers: eg. sweet pea & dahlia
  • Guava: pineapple & strawberry
  • Herbs: eg. rosemary, bay, marjoram & mint
  • Lemons: eureka & meyers
  • Limes: Bears
  • Pomegranate & Pear
  • Walnut: hartley

Greg & Trish Varian
Lopez Lake Road

· Morro Bay

· Downtown SLO

· Gottschalk's

· Arroyo Grande

June - October

  • Avocados: hass & bacon
  • Oranges: valencia & blood
  • Orange Juice

Tim Vaughn
Bees' Best
Arroyo Grande

· Arroyo Grande

  • Honey: fresh & creamed
  • Carnivorous Plants

Willie, Angel & Roberto Velasquez
Santa Maria

· Spencer's AG

· Morro Bay

· Downtown SLO

· Gottschalk's

· Arroyo Grande

  • Cilantro
  • Cucumbers
  • Radishes
  • Raspberries
  • Salad mixes
  • Strawberries
  • Swiss chard
  • Tomatoes

The Wassums Hughson

· Morro Bay

· Downtown SLO

· Gottschalk's  

May –June

  1. Cherries

Warren Witten
Witten Greenhouses
Arroyo Grande

· Spencer's AG

· Morro Bay

· Downtown SLO

· Gottschalk's

  • Beans: blue lake green
  • Cucumbers: european
  • Lemons: eureka
  • Peppers: red and yellow sweet bell & anaheim
  • Pumpkins, peg: orange & white
  • Tomatoes, greenhouse:  big beef & laura

Zwetzigs
Fleming Flower Fields
Ventura

· Downtown SLO

  • Hybrid hibiscus plants
 
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