Chico Agritourism & Locally Grown Farmers Markets

The Essential Guide to the Chico Certified Farmers Market

May 06, 2025 (Originally published July 13, 2022)
2024 06 29 EBC Saturday Morning Market WEB30 EDITED

Butte Coun­ty has a deep agri­cul­tur­al his­to­ry, and there’s no place bet­ter to appre­ci­ate it than at the Chico Cer­ti­fied Farm­ers Market.

The Chico Cer­ti­fied Farm­ers Mar­ket (CCFM) hosts two year-round and one sea­son­al farm­ers mar­kets where you can get fresh and in-sea­son local­ly grown fruit and veg­eta­bles as well as nuts, hon­ey, olive oil, rice, meats, eggs, herbs, flow­ers, plants, and fresh-baked arti­san breads as well as dis­cov­er a vari­ety of local vendors.

Sat­ur­day Market

7:30am-1pm at E 2nd St & Wall St., Year-round

Per­haps the most well-known of the three, the Chico Sat­ur­day Farm­ers Mar­ket is the place to see and be seen. When the weath­er is nice, it can feel like the whole city of Chico is at the mar­ket pick­ing up in-sea­son favorites, savor­ing local cof­fee, or just enjoy­ing a stroll and run­ning into friends.

Here, you can also enjoy pre­pared foods and drinks from area favorites such as Chico Chai , Live Life Juice Co., Guzzetti’s Indi­an Food , and more. Local ven­dors sell­ing a vari­ety of hand­i­crafts along with local per­form­ers (keep an eye out for the Chico Bal­loon Man) com­plete the experience.

With its loca­tion right next to Down­town Chico, the Sat­ur­day Mar­ket is the per­fect start­ing point to any Chico week­end adventures.

Pet Pol­i­cy

Since the farm­ers mar­kets are food facil­i­ties, dogs and oth­er ani­mals are not allowed

Wednes­day Market

7:30am-1pm at North Val­ley Plaza Mall Park­ing Lot, Year-round

For a more mel­low mar­ket expe­ri­ence, the Chico Wednes­day farm­ers mar­ket is the place for you. Small­er than its Sat­ur­day coun­ter­part, you’ll nev­er­the­less find a robust selec­tion of fresh pro­duce and oth­er local­ly grown goods as well as local vendors.

CCFM also hosts a hol­i­day craft fair in Novem­ber and Decem­ber at the Wednes­day mar­ket, per­fect for unique gifts for every mem­ber of the family.

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Sun­day Market

June through Octo­ber, 9am-Noon, Farm­ers Brew­ing Restau­rant and Tap­room Park­ing Lot

From June through Octo­ber, head to Meri­am Park for a Sun­day sea­son­al Sun­day mar­ket from 9am-Noon, where you’ll enjoy the same fresh pro­duce and local­ly grown goods that are found at the Sat­ur­day and Wednes­day markets.

Whichev­er mar­ket you choose, you’ll love the qual­i­ty and selec­tion that comes with any Chico Cer­ti­fied Farm­ers Mar­ket event.

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