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Farmers markets
The Agricenter Farmer’s Market will be open June 1 through Sept. 30 this year.
Locally raised meats, eggs and produce will be sold at the Memphis Farmers Market.
Memphis Farmers Market
Corner of GE Patterson and Front streets; memphisfarmersmarket.org
Since 2006, the Memphis Farmers Market has provided fresh and local foods to Downtown Memphis. The largest Memphis-area market features more than 60 vendors.
Enjoy live music, weekly themed events and fun programs at this market that strives to educate the community about eating local, nutrition and food choices.
Well-behaved and leashed dogs
A vendor at the Germantown Farmers’ Market at C.O. Franklin Park.
will be allowed inside the market this year.
Hours: 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays, from April through October
The Farmer’s Market at Agricenter International
7777 Walnut agricenter.org
The Agricenter Farmers Market is the only Memphis farmers market open several days a week. The
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market features more than a dozen vendors selling produce, meats and other farm-raised products.
Ly’s Homegrown Produce, Fenster Farms, Jones Orchards and Ripley Produce are just a handful of the vendors at the market every Monday through Saturday.
The market will have a slightly shorter season this year, with plans to be open from June 1 through Sept. 30.
Hours: 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. MondayFriday and 7 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Saturday, from June 1 through October
Cooper-young Community Farmers Market
1000 S. Cooper cycfarmersmarket.org
The Cooper-young Community Farmers Market is the largest yearround market. Located in the parking lot of the First Congo Church, this market features more than three dozen local farmers, producers and artisans.
You can find everything from fresh produce to artisan cheeses to handmade tamales. This market is also dogfriendly.
Hours: 8 a.m.-noon Saturdays, from March-october; and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays, from November-february
Hernando Farmers Market
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2535 U.S. 51 South, Hernando; cityofhernando.org/services/farmersmarket
The Hernando Farmers Market has been named Mississippi’s Favorite Farmers Market and No. 13 Most Celebrated Market in the Nation by the American Farmland Trust.
This North Mississippi market is located on the quaint historic Town Square and is open each Saturday from May 1 through the end of October. The market features more than 75 vendors selling such items as locally grown fruits and vegetables as well as fresh local milk, pork, cage-free eggs, local honey, canned and preserved items, natural soaps and lotions, nursery plants, baked goods and cut flowers.
Hours: 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays, from May 1 until the end of October
The Carpenter Art Garden Farmers Market
295 Carpenter carpenterartgarden.org
The Carpenter Art Garden hosts a small farmers market every Monday and Thursday year-round.
Their community gardens provide skills training, community building and a place for families to grow healthy eating options. Carpenter Art Garden sells its vegetables throughout the neighborhood, as well as to the general public.
The Art Garden provides free yearround arts, educational and vocational programs to the youth of the Binghampton neighborhood. All proceeds from the market help support the Carpenter Art Garden’s programs.
Hours: 3:30-5 p.m. Monday and Thursday
The South Memphis Farmers Market
St.; 1400 Mississippi Blvd.; somefm.org The South Memphis Farmers Market operates June through September, providing fresh produce access to the surrounding communities.
This small market accepts six to eight growers per season, as well additional prepared foods vendors and handicraft vendors.
Additional market events and activities include live music, food trucks, games for kids and cooking demos. Cooking demos are offered every week of the market season through community partners at UT Extension. Visitors are invited to try easy, fresh recipes created from fruits and vegetable sold by the market’s produce vendors.
Hours: 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursdays, from June through September
Chelsea Avenue Farmers Market
2204 Chelsea Ave.; memphistilth.org The Chelsea Avenue Farmers Market is an open-air community farmer’s market at Chelsea Avenue and Springdale Street in the Hollywood-hyde Park neighborhood.
The goal of this market is to bring local produce from regional farmers to areas with low to no fresh food access.
The market, which features about six vendors each week, fosters emerging entrepreneurs, small businesses and independent vendors using a vacant lot as a community information transfer hub to inspire healthy, whole, abundant living in North Memphis.
Hours: 9 a.m.-noon Saturdays, May 15 through October
The Germantown Farm Park Farmers Market
7725 Poplar Pike, Germantown; germantown-tn.gov
The Germantown Farm Park Farmers Market takes place on from 4-7 p.m. Thursdays, June 17 through Aug. 26, at C.O. Franklin Park.
Committed to good health and sustainable lifestyles, this farmers market features fresh locally grown fruits and vegetables. It also offers a wide variety of value-added products and fresh-cut flowers.
Hours: 4-7 p.m. Thursdays, June 17 through Aug. 26
Collierville Farmers Market
454 W. Poplar Ave., Collierville; colliervillefarmersmarket.com
The Collierville Farmers Market is located in the rear parking lot of Collierville United Methodist Church.
Featuring more than two dozen vendors, this weekly market features fresh produce, baked goods, eggs and artisan foods and crafts.
Hours: 8 a.m.-noon Thursdays, from May 27 through October
Bartlett Station Farmers Market
2629 Bartlett Blvd., bartlettfarmersmarket.org
The Bartlett Station Farmers Market is held weekly at the A. Keith Mcdonald Pavilion in Freeman Park.
This market features about two dozen vendors selling everything from fresh produce to kettle corn.
Hours: 8 a.m.-noon Saturdays, from May 15 through Oct. 9
Jennifer Chandler is the Food & Dining reporter at The Commercial Appeal. She can be reached at jennifer.chandler@commercialappeal.com and you can follow her on Twitter and Instagram at @cookwjennifer.
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