CORN IS HERE!

Please Vote for Davis Farmers Market!

Vote for Davis Farmers Market in "America's Favorite Farmers Market" contest. Go to www.farmland.org/vote and enter Davis Farmers Market. American Farmland Trust's Second Annual online contest runs through August 31 to determine who winds the title of "America's Favorite Farmers Market."

Davis Farmers Market is battling Rochester, NY–so now it's a battle between a California farmers market and a New York farmers market for the title of "America's Favorite Farmers Market." Please vote, and don't forget to comment on why you think Davis Farmers Market should be "America's Favorite." Thanks for your support.

Check us out on Turning Green TV!

Go to www.turninggreentv.com to see their video on the Davis Farmers Market.

Sixth Annual Village Feast, Saturday, August 28th at 12 noon in Central Park, 4th & C Streets

Feast locally at the SIxth Annual Village Feast, noon Saturday, August 28th in Central Park, benefiting Davis Farm to School (a project of Davis Farmers Market Foundation). This slow-dining extravaganza around a giant community table features farm-fresh Yolo County products and wines. Guests dine family-style at linen-draped tables on a Provencal-inspired meal of heirloom tomato salad, grilled lamb with fresh herbs, roasted farm-fresh vegetables and garlicky aioli, baguettes and fresh fruit tarts. The Buckhorn does the cooking, using ingredients sourced from the Davis Farmers Market. Participants bring their own plates, knives, forks, spoons and cloth napkins. Wine glasses are provided. Guests can also bid on unique silent auction items, including local art and regional food and wine experiences. Tickets—$65 per person, and $55 for Slow Food Yolo members—available at www.davisfarmtoschool.org, and at Davis Food Co-op.

Picnic in the Park—EVERY Wednesday, 4:30 to 8:30 pm in Central Park through October 27th

Break out the picnic blankets because Picnic in the Park is back! The Wednesday Farmers Market continues (now 4:30 to 8:30 pm) and the market is full of summer fruits and vegetables—corn, tomatoes, string beans, melons, blackberries, blueberries, peaches, plums—plus garden starts and flowers, local eggs, honey, jams, nuts, bread and pastries.

International Food Faire features dinner-to-go for every taste. Food vendors include: Monticello Bistro, The Buckhorn, Woodstock's Pizza, Upper Crust Bakery, Ciocolat, Raja Indian Cuisine, Thai Recipes, The Hotdogger, El Mariachi Taqueria, Kathmandu Kitchen, Steve's Pizza, the Mustard Seed, Aisu Pops, Davis Creamery, Pachamama Coffee, and Flour Chyld. Picnic in the Park is every Wednesday through October 27. Soroptomists/Venture Clubs of Davis host the beer and wine booth, benefiting local charities.

Fun for kids includes pony rides by Pony Ranch Parties, Bob's Bouncing Bungalows, face-painting, and balloon maker Dilly Dally the Clown. 

For a complete listing of Picnic in the Park entertainment for the  entire season, check out our calendar page.

The Davis Farmers Market celebrates its 34th anniversary in 2010.

This world-renown farmers market was voted America's Favorite Farmers Market in August 2009 (more info below). The market is often featured in national magazines and was voted "Best Place to Take an Out-of-Towner in Yolo County!" by The Davis Enterprise's 2009 Readers' Poll. Sacramento's Sactown Magazine (sactownmag.com) included the Davis Farmers Market in its "Best of Sacramento" story—calling the market "Mother Nature's 7-Eleven"—in its June/July 2009 issue. In its "Best of Sacramento" issue, Sacramento News & Review (newsreview.com) named Davis Farmers Market "Best Place to Remember Why Davis People Love Davis" and "Best Reason to Go to Davis." 

Check out the Recipe section of the website for new recipes featured at the Tasting Table, and bring your own recipes to the market to add to the DFM Community Recipe Box.

Watch for our festivities all year long and explore our web site. We hope to see you all this year at America's Favorite Farmers Market.

Looking for another California farmers market? Visit the California Certified Farmers Market site.