Vineyard Farmers Market - designed by Christopher Alexander

Christopher Alexander is Professor Emeritus of Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, best known for his seminal works on architecture including A Pattern Language, Notes on the Synthesis of Form, and The Nature of Order, Volumes I-IV.

He is the father of the Pattern Language movement in computer science, and A Pattern Language was perhaps the first complete book ever written in hypertext fashion.

He has designed and built more than two hundred buildings on five continents: many of these buildings lay the ground work of a new form of architecture, which looks far into the future, yet has roots in ancient traditions. Much of his work has been based on inventions in technology, including, especially, inventions in concrete, shell design, and contracting procedures needed to attain a living architecture.

• VINEYARD FARMERS MARKET, 6000 square foot building. Redwood arched trusses, concrete columns. Floor of grey concrete with blue concrete ornaments, let into the slab, forming an endless pattern. For Richard Erganian, Fresno, California, (with Carl Lindberg, Jonathan Fefferman), 1983. 

• http://www.patternlanguage.com/ca/ca.html
  

• Please use only the marked entrances and exits.
• No Early Entry. Please give our growers time to set up for market.
• No Late Entries. Please allow our growers to pack up for the day.
• Don't handle, poke or touch items unless you are buying them.
• Wash hands, additional hand-wash stations available. 
• As always, wash your produce when you get home.
• We appreciate your efforts to keep us all healthy.

"Fresno residents are fortunate to have this cathedral - like structure devoted to fresh local produce." 
Alice Waters;
Executive Chef, Founder, and Owner of Chez Panisse
Berkeley, California

"Please know that the Vineyard Market 
has a permanent place in my heart as the best market in California!"
James Overbaugh;
Vice President, Food and Beverage Operations
The Peninsula Hotels

Vineyard Farmers Market provides the citizens of Fresno County access to the freshest locally grown produce available on a bi-weekly basis - year round. 

Vineyard Farmers Market takes pride in offering support, advocacy and providing an outlet for certified producers selling directly to the public, promoting food that is local, seasonal, and sustainably grown, preserving local food cultures and traditions, encouraging and promoting the art of home cooking, educating and engaging the public about nutrition and the economic value of buying locally grown food and locally sourced products directly from growers and food artisan producers, and to do all things appropriate to further such purpose.

Our growers farm within a two hour drive of our market location, most within a 50 mile drive.
Our growers operate small family farms in Fresno, Madera and Kings County and are active in their local communities. Our growers agree to a farm tour of their properties prior to joining our market and every two years afterwards.  
We are very proud of our family of growers and producers and what they are able to supply to our customers on a year round basis. Please refer to the chart below or visit our facebook page for up to date photos of what you can expect to find at Vineyard Farmers Market year round - twice a week!