Santa Rosa Original Certified Farmers Market

At 50 Mark West Springs Road at Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, the Santa Rosa Original Certified Farmers Market brings a long-running certified market to a North Santa Rosa arts-campus setting. It has operated since 1967 and is run by the Sonoma County Certified Farmers Market Group as a California Certified Farmers Market. That certification shapes what shoppers encounter here: fresh fruit, nuts, vegetables, eggs, honey, herbs, plants, and cut flowers grown and harvested in California, primarily in Sonoma County, along with farm-raised meat from local ranchers. The market’s multiple weekly schedules give it a different rhythm from a once-a-week stop, with Santa Rosa dates on Wednesday and Saturday and additional seasonal days elsewhere in the group’s system.

What you'll find there

The mix highlighted here runs from California-grown staples covered by the market’s certification to vendor spotlights that lean into prepared foods, specialty proteins, preserved foods, and garden art. The result is a market where farm products anchor the visit, but several named vendors add a more specific Sonoma County character.

• -Find in-house cured, fermented, and aged salami from Le Charcutier des Bois.
• -Look for Meet the Chukar, a vendor spotlight built around a game bird described as similar to partridge.
• -Pick up authentic Mexican flavors from La Reina de las Tortillas.
• -Add prepared food from Ely’s Kitchen, which appears in the same vendor spotlight as La Reina de las Tortillas.
• -Shop The Freshest Catch for high-quality, fresh, responsibly sourced seafood.
• -Seek out Anna’s Seafood, the vendor connected to that seafood spotlight.
• -Buy produce from Beet Generation Farm, a regenerative small-scale farm in Forestville.
• -Expect sustainably raised ranch goods from Salmon Creek Ranch.
• -Taste Korean flavors through The Kimchi Queen, a spotlight centered on preserving Korean heritage and cultural legacy.
• -Stop by Min-Hee Hill Gardens, the vendor connected to The Kimchi Queen feature.
• -Browse art made from discarded materials through The Eco-Artist.
• -See garden pieces from Wine Country Garden Art, the business tied to that eco-art spotlight.
• -Pick up potatoes from Armstrong Valley Farm, featured through its “Potato Man” spotlight.

The market calendar also shows recurring Saturday market dates in Santa Rosa, reinforcing that the Saturday market is an ongoing weekly fixture rather than an occasional event.

Know before you go

No dogs are allowed, which can change plans before you leave home. For Santa Rosa shoppers, the market is held at Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, where ample free parking is available and restrooms are on site. The market organization runs more than one Santa Rosa day: Wednesday operates from March through December, while Saturday runs all year; Sunday and Thursday schedules apply to other market locations within the same group rather than this Santa Rosa Saturday page. As a certified farmers market, farmers register with the county Agricultural Commissioner, specify what they grow and where they grow it, and agree to farm inspection, a setup intended to protect shoppers from resold produce.

Payments & SNAP

The market accepts CalFresh (SNAP) and WIC benefits, and it also has WIC-certified vendors who accept both programs. Payment methods are presented clearly in market materials, which is useful if you plan to shop across produce, meat, seafood, and prepared-food vendors in one trip.