If you are looking for healthy, fresh food, grown locally there are
more options than ever before. This website helps you to find the
type of farm market you're seeking, in your own local area; whether it
is a farm stand, a farm's market, sold from the farm house or just a roadside stand;
as long as it is fresh and locally produced. You can find
farm markets that grow local, grow organically, offer a sustainable
agriculture or the type of fruit, vegetables and other produce you want.
Our listings come from a variety of sources: state agriculture departments, consumers writing in to recommend a market or farm stand, and the farmer's themselves. We update and add listings every day. Since this website just went live in March 2009, we're adding listings at a ferocious pace! It should take us a few months to get up to a fairly complete set of listings. Of course, we're looking for more farm markets to add, so we welcome your recommendations! ! Customers can recommend a farm here and farmers can add (or update/correct) their own farm's listing by clicking here!
Our sister website, PickYourOwn.org has crop calendars for each local area to tell you what is available to pick throughout the year and really easy illustrated directions to show you how to make jam, jelly, salsa, pickles, spaghetti sauce, applesauce, apple butter and 150 other recipes with step by step step directions to can, freeze, dry or preserve the harvest.
How to find a good, real local farmer's market
It's quite simple! Start by clicking the "Start here" button (at the top of every page or on the left menu). You then select your local area (country, state/province) and then region/county or local metropolitan area. Just scroll down the page that appears, to see farm markets listed by county.
Items of special interest, such as organic foods, foods grown locally, special events are highlighted in colors to make them stand out.
The search engine (see the button at the top of each page) can be helpful, too.
Note: we don't consider large commercial "big box" food store chains like Whole Foods to be real farmer's markets, even if they include that in their name.
Click on your state or country below to find farmers markets in your area!
(Other countries are further down this page)
[ Alabama ]
[ Alaska ]
[ Arkansas ]
[ Arizona ]
[ California ]
[ Colorado ]
[ Connecticut ]
[ Delaware ]
[ Florida ]
[ Georgia ]
[ Hawaii ]
[ Idaho ]
[ Illinois ]
[ Indiana ]
[ Iowa ]
[ Kansas ]
[ Kentucky ]
[ Louisiana ]
[ Maine ]
[ Maryland ]
[ Massachusetts ]
[ Michigan ]
[ Minnesota ]
[ Mississippi ]
[ Missouri ]
[Montana]
[Nebraska]
[ New Hampshire ]
[ New Jersey ]
[ New Mexico ]
[ New York ]
[ North Carolina ]
[ North Dakota ]
[ Nevada ]
[ Ohio ]
[ Oklahoma ]
[ Oregon ]
[ Pennsylvania ]
[ Rhode Island ]
[ South Carolina ]
[ South Dakota ]
[ Tennessee ]
[ Texas ]
[ Utah ]
[ Vermont ]
[ Virginia ]
[ Washington state ]
[ West Virginia ]
[ Wisconsin ]
[ Wyoming ]
Farm Markets Outside the U.S.
[ Australia ] [ Canada ] [Italy] [Japan] [ South Africa ] [ New Zealand ] [ United Kingdom ] [ Adding a Farm outside of North America ] Looking for pick your own farms in other countries? Living in another country, such as France, Italy (Italia), Germany (Deutschland), Nederlands, or Sweden? Help me compile a list for your country - just write me!
Want to recommend a farm market to add?
We're always looking for more farmer's markets, farm stands and farm markets to add. As long as they offer fresh produce (fruit vegetables, meats, homemade items) we welcome them. Listings are free!
Which form to use?
- If you are a consumer, use this form to suggest a market to add (which is not already listed).
- If you are the owner or operator of the farm market, use this form!
What are the advantages of shopping at a local farmer's market?
Three words sum up the advantages: "local" and "farm market".
Shopping locally means you'll
- save gas, which means saving money, and create less less pollution in your drive,
- pollute less, as the food does not need to be transported from a distance,
- eat fresher food, with higher vitamin levels, as less time passes from harvesting to purchasing,
- eat tastier food; again, as less time passes from harvesting to purchasing,
- eat healthier food: since it does not need to be shipped, and it will be purchased sooner, less (or none) fungicides are needed.
Shopping at a genuine farmer's market means you'll be closer to the source of your food, get to know the farms, the farmers, the people who produce the food that you eat, and put into your family's bodies. They are more likely to listen to your needs and be socially responsible, than a giant ag farm in a foreign country.
Picking Tips
[General picking tips and a guide to each fruit and vegetable] [How much do I need to pick? (Yields - how much raw makes how much cooked or frozen)] [Selecting the right varieties to pick] [All about apple varieties - which to pick and why!] [Picking tips for Vegetables] [ Strawberry picking tips] [ Blueberries picking tips]
Illustrated Canning, Freezing, Jam Instructions and Recipes
[ All About Home Canning, Freezing and Making Jams, Pickles, Sauces, etc. ] [FAQs - Answers to common questions and problems] [Recommended books about home canning, jam making, drying and preserving!] [Free canning publications to download and print]
Easy Preserving Directions - How to...
- General know how and fruit/vegetable picking tips
- Why you should use a canner and how to choose one.
- Summary of approved home food preserving methods
- Canning methods that are considered to be unsafe: steam, microwave, dishwasher, oven, or just sealing the jars without further processing?
- If you are new to home canning - see these do's, don'ts and tips
- Frequently asked questions about canning
- Frequently asked questions about freezing
- Jams and jellies
- Canning - anything that can be safely canned at home!
- Juices: Canning fruit and vegetable juices
- Freezing directions
- Pie fillings
- Sauces, Salsas, Syrups, Fruit Butters and Chutneys
- Soups - canning vegetable and meat soups at home (see this page for tomato soup)
- Preserving Venison
- Pickling - more than just cucumbers
- Drying / food dehydrating
- Ice cream, gelato and sorbets
- Other recipes - roasted peppers, basil pesto, pies, cakes and much more
- Using honey in place of sugar
- Equipment and supplies
- USDA Food Grades - Ever wonder what was "Grade A"? And why you don't see grade B? How to select different foods, including fresh, frozen and canned? Wonder no more with this one-page guide!
- Food safety - what is botulism?
- NEW! Table of the pH and/or acidity of common fruits, vegetables, grains, breads and common food products
- NEW! This page provide basic facts regarding food poisoning and pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins related to home food preservation (canning, bottling, drying, jams, salsas, pickling, sauces, etc.). Look up any pathogen (botulism, salmonella, Staph, etc.) and find out what it does and how to prevent it.
- NEW! Label Templates! Click here for labels your can download, edit and customize in Microsoft Word and print on standard Avery label paper for your own jars!
- Want to sell your own jam and home canned goods? Read this first!
