Anne Kallas

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.

The Newbury Park farmers market continues to offer tasty treats such as the popular bean pies from Shabazz Bakery in Inglewood, according to Curtis Muhammad, who was selling the unique desserts that taste much like pumpkin pie. There were also ...

It's a small market, but in East Ventura in front of the Moose Lodge discerning shoppers can still find fresh treats to perk up the dinner table.

The Channel Islands farmers market continues to grow with a larger certified section, more food vendors and more crafts. Down on the docks where the fisherman's portion of the market is held, Amanda Gilbert of Channel Islands Seafood was selling ...

Even though we don't have seasonal extremes in Ventura County, springtime is still the time for home gardeners to get ready for a summertime of bountiful harvests.

In Ventura County we are able to not only get the standard varieties of fruits and vegetable sold at grocery stores, we also have the opportunity to learn about less popular varieties that don't make it to the mainstream markets.

At the Pacific View farmers market, the carrots sugar snap peas, fresh garlic, spinach and strawberries from Bunny Tree Farm of Lompoc practically screamed springtime.

With more than 20 titles to his name, Tom Coraghessan Boyle, known as T.C. or Tom to his friends, travels the world on book tours, enticing people to read his oeuvre by providing an entertaining performance spotlighting his work.

Standing behind the makeshift counter at her Marcie's Pies booth at the Ojai farmers market, Camille Mendoza, 17, dispenses with smiles and "pie shots" — small samples of the delicious pies.

The latest mantra for consumers is to buy "local, seasonal" produce, which is touted as a way to conserve energy, get fresher food and enrich local farmers.

Once known for her delicate salad greens grown hydroponically, Reveann Ellrott of F&F Farms has made the transition to full-time fungus, growing mushrooms in an old semi tractor-trailer.

It seems like a small change, but after watching the long lines forming at lunchtime, the new configuration appears to be a hit at the downtown Oxnard farmers market in Plaza Park.

Spring has arrived at the Thousand Oaks farmers market, where the strawberries from Tamai Farms in Oxnard are huge and sweet this year.

The Newbury Park farmers market continues to brighten up the old Loehmann's parking lot, with Mai Vang selling a variety of greens and other produce for Central Valley Farm of Fresno. She said the long, pink-tipped spinach stems are the ...