Hampton Roads Virginia Farmers Markets

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Hampton Roads Virginia farmers markets are excellent sources of fresh fruits, vegetables, produce, herbs, flowers, garden plants, seafood, meats, cheeses, poultry and more. The following list includes some of the more popular Hampton Roads Virginia farmers markets.

Old Beach Farmers Market is a quaint open air market that gathers in the parking lot of Croc’s 19th Street Bistro along the 19th Street Corridor in the heart of Virginia Beach near the Old Beach. The market is popular among locals as well as visitors to Virginia Beach that are shopping for fresh Virginia produce.

The Virginia Beach Farmers Market features a variety of merchants offering seasonal, fresh vegetables and fruit in addition to many other products. This includes an organic grocer, butcher shop, dairy store, flower gift shop, candy and bakery shop, restaurant, nature gifts and specialty gift stores, and a home and garden gift store, offering a unique and varied shopping experience.

5 Points Community Farm Market features local and regional conventional small farm and organic produce, seafood, meats, dairy products, BBQ, smoked chicken, ribs & fish, Virginia roasted coffees, peanuts, dry goods, artisan breads, organic foods and a market cafe serving breakfast, lunch & dinner. 5 Points Community Farm Market is located at 2500 Church Street in Norfolk, Virginia.

The Olde Towne Portsmouth Farmer’s Market is located in the first block of Middle Street, between High and Queen Streets, adjacent to the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame Museum. The market operates on first Saturdays through November The Farmer’s Market coincides with the First Saturday Olde Towne Business Association Flea Market that is held each month. Farmer’s Market items for sale often include fresh produce, flowers, plants, canned goods, baked goods, jams, breads, honey and more.

The Newport News Farmers Market offers farmers, gardeners, seafood retailers and other select vendors the opportunity to market home-grown and crafted products. The open air market includes 10,000 feet of covered vending space. Shoppers will find the freshest produce from local farmers and gardeners as well as fresh fish, fresh-frozen seafood, cheeses and meats. Other items include bedding plants, cut flowers, baked goods and hand made crafts. The market is open year-round.

The Suffolk Farmers Market is one of the most popular farmers markets in Virginia. Vendors offer fruits, vegetables and plants including beans, corn, grapes, greens, melons, peanuts, squash, strawberries, sunflowers, tomatoes and more.

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Austin Farmer’s Markets

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As many Austinites relish living a healthy lifestyle, it’s no surprise that Farmers’ Markets are a hit in the city. The markets bring fresh foods from locally grown areas to those looking for an alternative to the goods found in the neighborhood grocery store.

Though many cities don’t have a farmers’ market, Austin has had up to five at one time, with the Austin Farmers’ Market being one of the most popular. Located both in the center of town, at 4th and Guadalupe, and also north-central in Triangle Park, the Austin Farmers’ Market supports local farms, ranches, dairies and nurseries within a 150 mile radius. The central location is open every Saturday and the north location is open Wednesdays year round, rain or shine. The Austin Farmers’ Market is a “Grower’s Only” market, meaning vendors sell only items that they grow, and nothing that has been imported in any way.

The Austin Farmers’ Market began, and is still run, as a project of the local non profit group called the Sustainable Food Center in 2003. With roots dating back to 1975, the Sustainable Food Center was created to “create a Food Secure community by improving access to local, healthy, and affordable food for children and adults in Central Texas.” Not only do they donate produce to local area food banks, and teach gardening practices to the public, but by running the Austin Farmers’ Market in the middle of town, they also make freshly grown produce accessible to low-income residents.

Now celebrating their 10th year, the Sunset Valley Farmers’ Market is also held every Saturday, at Toney Burger Center in South Austin, and was recently voted as the “Best Farmers’ Market” in the 2007 Austin Chronicle Readers’ Poll. 75% of the produced sold is grown organically or sustainably, and free of pesticides and fertilizers; participants boast some produce is picked just hours before it is purchased.

Alongside the fresh produce brought in from local vendors, the farmers’ markets can entertain and educate, by putting on chef’s demos, providing children’s activities, and having local musicians perform. Also local artisans are invited to sell their wares, and many farmers bring prepared foods, such as jams, salsas, and empanadas, using their own ingredients.

Though many farms bring their goods in from Austin’s surrounding areas, Boggy Creek Farm is possibly the closest, in the heart of East Austin, just off Pleasant Valley Road. Now surrounded by subdivisions, schools, and commercial areas that were all once part of the farm, Boggy Creek Farm sits on 5 acres of hearty soil, and is one of the few truly urban farms in the nation. When they aren’t selling their fresh produce at a farmers’ market, they help stock Whole Foods grocery store, which sits 3 miles away.

In 2007, environmental magazine GreenLight, named the Austin Farmers’ Market as one of their top ten farmers’ markets in the country, out of over 4,000 markets. They based their findings on strict adherence to sustainable farming practices, distance from markets to farms, and the market’s focus on food and farm-related community and educational projects, among other criteria. Though the farmers’ markets of Austin can be an enjoyable and delicious experience, they are also living up to a high national standard while bringing the urban and farming communities together, and helping out all involved.

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