Half Moon Bay Farmers Market

What they do

Half Moon Bay Farmers Market is a Saturday certified producer-only farmers market in Half Moon Bay, CA — San Mateo County, the Pacific coast. Saturdays 9 am – 1 pm, April 4 – December 19 in the 2026 season.

One of two markets operated by Coastside Farmers Markets, a farmer-directed nonprofit. The companion market runs in Pacifica on Wednesdays 2–6 pm, April 1 – December 16.

The organization describes itself as “a farmer-directed Certified Market” showcasing “farmer, ranchers, fishermen and culinary artisans” with a stated mission to support and incubate “upstart producers from diverse backgrounds.” Founder Erin Tormey was named “Farmer of the Year” in 2017.

Why it’s listed

Three specific filters: California Certified Farmers Market (CDFA-verified producer-only standard), farmer-directed organization (governance accountable to vendor-farmers rather than to outside ownership), and explicit diversity-focused producer-incubation (newer / smaller farms get market access). The combination is substantive — most CDFA-certified markets stop at the producer-only verification; Coastside layers in producer-incubation and diversity-focus on top.

Bioregional fit

Half Moon Bay is in San Mateo County, on the Pacific coast — [[central-coast-california]] bioregion, the agricultural strip between SF Bay and the Pacific.

See also

Auto-generated from this entry’s typed relations: frontmatter, grouped by relation type so the editorial signal isn’t flattened.

• Instance of: [[farmers-market]]
• Shares approach with: [[food-sovereignty]]
• Operated by: [[coastside-farmers-markets]]
• Member of: [[market]]
• Contained by: [[central-coast-california]]

Sources

• Coastside Farmers Markets
• OpenStreetMap: original tag

Related concepts: [[farmers-market]].

A listing in the 0mn1.one [[directory]]. Filed under [[central-coast-california]] in the directory.