Beyond the Market explores the renowned Ken's Top Notch Produce, known for their exceptional organic fruits. Meet the friendly team and experience the quality firsthand at Bay Area farmers' markets.

Discover Stepladder Ranch & Creamery in Cambria, CA. This family farm produces award-winning goat and cow's milk cheeses, cultivates citrus, and raises heritage pigs.

Lujan Farms, a family-owned farm in Hughson, CA, grows a variety of seasonal fruits. Learn about their story and how their produce connects to their daughters' restaurant, Agave Azul.

Meet Ryan Casey, owner of Blue House Farm - a certified-organic farm in Pescadero, California. Located right along California’s famous Highway 1, Blue House Farm grows a wide variety of vegetables, fruits, herbs, and flowers year-round. Ryan and his team pride themselves on farming with care - care

In this installment of Beyond the Market, learn how the farmers’ markets helped propel this family flower business into a brighter future. Meet the Fernandes family! Jose and Maria came to the United States as young adults from the Azores region of Portugal, and with some help from friends, they

Meet Kelly Knapp, the founder, and head beekeeper at Miss Bee Haven Honey. Beyond the Market team met up with Kelly at Frog Hollow Farms this spring to learn how she switched career paths and became a full-time beekeeper, selling honey at her local farmers’ markets. Located in Brentwood - a small

Learn more about Medina Berry Farms in this Beyond the Market feature! When Pedro and Angelica Medina first immigrated to the United States from Mexico in the 1970s, they began working in the fields for a commercial berry grower here in Watsonville, California. After helping the couple to gain their

We returned to Alhambra Valley Beef & Pears this spring to catch up with Ben and Pearl and hear more about the cattle ranch side of their family operation. Founded by Pearl’s grandparents in 1906, Alhambra Valley Beef & Pears sits on 600 acres of pasture in the hills of Martinez, California

Our team visited Oliver, owner and operator of Super Duper Microgreens, to learn about how he started a certified-organic farm in his suburban backyard. Located in Hercules, California, Oliver grows more than 15 different varieties of microgreens in a small greenhouse, right on his back patio. What

Join our team as we go Beyond the Market to Mushroom Adventures! Located in Marysville, a quaint town in Yuba County, California, Mushroom Adventures is a small, certified organic indoor mushroom farm. Don Simoni, the founder, and owner guides us on an exclusive tour of his operation and explains