Anne Kallas

Despite the best efforts of Raymond Rowe, a volunteer who tries to keep line jumpers at bay at the Ventura Harbor's fisherman's market, more than one rude customer jumped around the long line that stretched down the sidewalk to grab ...

It's bean season at the McGrath Family Farm booth at the Camarillo farmers market where there is a wide variety of beans ready to be shelled, cooked and served for dinner. Adylene Reyes said her favorite beans are the fancifully ...

A wide variety of melons are available at the Thousand Oaks farmers market.

With summer in full swing, it's time to discover new fruits at the Channel Islands farmers market, where I finally got close and personal with a prickly pear.

Newbury Park farmers market Manager Helen Lee is hoping a little downward-facing dog will lure more customers to her small farmers market. "We're not in any danger of closing, but I thought I could add something for people of all ...

In Ventura County we think of strawberries as a year-round crop, but according to the Farm Bureau of Ventura County, there's a small break in production from the end of June to mid-August.

The Thursday farmers market in Telephone Road in East Ventura is small, with a few produce booths set among the craftspeople and food vendors. For area residents, being able to buy fresh corn, zucchini and green beans from Nakamura Farms ...

The Pacific View farmers market seems to be getting more popular with every visit, as more people discover a great way to get fresh-from-the-farm produce in the middle of the week.

People line up each week well in advance of the 8 a.m. opening time at Ventura Harbor's Saturday fish market, where customers anxiously jostle to get the best choices because the good stuff goes fast.

The downtown Oxnard farmers market was in full swing on a recent Thursday morning, with music and dancing at Plaza Park, where Vincente Suarez of Aztec Farms of Fillmore was selling summer squash, including their signature white zucchini.

Late spring and early summer means Murray Family Farms, based in Bakersfield, is offering cherries, peaches, nectarines and berries at the Ojai and Ventura farmers markets. Later in the season it will have melons and pluots.

New at the Thousand Oaks farmers market is Buon Gusto Farms, which is making two types of olive oil from trees grown at a ranch along Canada Larga Road in unincorporated Ventura County.

Being very careful to delineate which produce was grown where, Lee Davis of Lim's Apple Farm, which has farms in Bakersfield and San Diego, is offering a wide variety of seasonal produce from around Southern California at the Moorpark farmers ...

The Agoura Hills farmers market is smaller — only taking up a little more than one row at the Agoura Hills City Market parking lot — but there are still some treats to be discovered. At the Celia's Gourmet Toffee ...

A beautiful late spring morning is the perfect time to visit the Westlake Village farmers market, where the first signs of summer are starting to appear.