AREA FARMERS MARKETS
Note: Schedules are subject to change.
› Athens Farmers Market: Market Park, 106 S. Jackson St., Athens, Tenn. Spring hours are 2-5 p.m. Tuesdays. Summer hours are 2-5 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Saturdays. Fall hours are 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays. A 12th season celebration is scheduled July 9. 423-744-2700, option 3
› Bradley County Farmers Market: 3110 Peerless Road, Cleveland, Tenn. Open Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays spring through fall.
› Brainerd Farmers Market: Opens Saturday, April 23, at Grace Episcopal Church, 20 Belvoir Ave. Open 10 a.m.noon from the third Saturday of April through the first Saturday of December. 423-243-3250
› Chattanooga Market: Opening weekend for the region’s largest producer-only marketplace is April 23-24 (10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday), then Sundays through Nov. 20 at First Horizon Pavilion, 1926 Carter St. Chattanooga Oktoberfest is also a twoday weekend, Oct. 8-9. Holiday Markets move inside the Chattanooga Convention Center the first three weekends of December. chattanoogamarket.com
› Chattanooga River Market: Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sundays through April 17, then Saturdays only through Oct. 8 on the Tennessee Aquarium plaza, 1 Broad St. chattanoogamarket.com
› Collegedale Market: Collegedale Commons, 4950 Swinyar Drive. Opens May 10 and runs 4:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesdays through late October. 423-664-3022
› Dayton Farmers Market: 200 Washington St., Dayton, Tenn. (behind Chamber of Commerce). Farmers are permitted to set up every day from daylight to dark. 423-775-1817
› Flintstone Farmers Market: Cart & Seoul Restaurant, 67 Sanford Lane, Flintstone, Ga. Open 11 a.m.-5 p.m. every second Saturday. The April 9 market will have a spring and Easter theme.
› Lookout Farmers Market, East Brainerd: Christ United Methodist Church, 8645 East Brainerd Road. Open 3-6 p.m. Tuesdays. 423-838-9804
› Lookout Farmers Market, Red Bank: Red Bank United Methodist Church, 3800 Dayton Blvd. Open 3-6 p.m. Wednesdays. lookoutfarmersmarket.com
› Main Street Farmers Market: 1804 Chestnut St. Open every Wednesday year-round. Hours are 4-6 p.m. during daylight saving time., 4-5:30 p.m. during standard time. mainstfarmersmarket. com
› Marion County Farmers Market:
255 Turner St., Jasper, Tenn. Open 7 a.m.-noon (Central time) Friday, Saturday and Sunday. 423-942-2656.
› Market at the Mill: Old Woolen Mill, 445 Church St., Cleveland, Tenn. Opens June 9. 3-6 p.m. Thursdays in June, July and August. mainstreetcleveland.com
› Ooltewah Farmers Market:
Ooltewah Nursery & Landscape Co., 5829 Main St. Open Thursdays yearround. Hours are 3-6 p.m. April through October, 3-5 p.m. November through March. Spring Fling days, celebrating market’s 10th season with new vendors and door prizes, are April 7 and 14. 423-238-9775
› Rabbit Valley Farmers Market: 96 Depot St. Ringgold, Ga. Open 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays, starting April 30 with a wine and art market. First farmers market is May 7. Other events coincide with summer solstice, Memorial Day and Ringgold’s 175th birthday. 423-903-1379
› Soddy-Daisy Farmers Market:
Poe’s Tavern Historical Park by SoddyDaisy City Hall, 9817 Dayton Pike. Open 8 a.m.-noon (or later depending on vendor) Saturdays, May through October. 423-332-5323.
› St. Alban’s Hixson Market: St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, 7514 Hixson Pike. Open 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays, April 16 through October. Grand-opening celebration with music is May 7. Customer-request “tailgate markets,” with limited options, operate first and third Saturdays in the off season. The church serves a free pancake breakfast on third Saturdays. Growers who have excess produce but don’t wish to set up at the market may donate it to the market for donation to a local food bank. 423-842-1342.
› Walker County Farmers Market:
Walker County Agricultural Center, 10052 N. Highway 27, Rock Spring, Ga. Opening day is May 4. New hours are 3-6 p.m. Wednesdays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays, May through September. 706-397-9958