About Farmer Markets
Farmer Markets is a platform dedicated to connecting people with farmers markets, producers, and public local-food places around the world.
Our Mission
Our mission is to support local agriculture and sustainable food systems by making it easier for consumers to discover and access farmer markets in their communities and while traveling across the country.
Why Farmer Markets Matter
Support Local Economy
When you shop at farmer markets, your money stays in the local economy, supporting small-scale farmers and producers.
Fresh & Seasonal
Farmer markets offer the freshest produce, harvested at peak ripeness and sold directly from the farm to you.
Reduce Environmental Impact
Locally grown food travels fewer miles, reducing carbon emissions and environmental impact.
Community Connection
Farmer markets create spaces for community gathering and direct connections between producers and consumers.
About Our Data
Our directory is built on farmers market directory data from the USDA Local Food Portal together with normalized records from official government open-data portals. The data includes market locations, schedules, market types, contact details, and source provenance where available.
Government sources are refreshed nightly and the USDA records on a seasonal schedule, and every record keeps its own upstream date rather than a cosmetic one, so a listing that has not been touched in years says so.
About the data sets out every source and publisher, how records are processed, the refresh cadence, current coverage numbers, known limitations, and how to report a correction.