# Does Austin, TX have a farmer's market?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-austin-tx-have-a-farmers-market/188307>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 14, 2003, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-austin-tx-have-a-farmers-market/188307 "2003-07-14T04:06:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![1kBR\_Kid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/dc4da7/32.png) [@1kBR\_Kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1kBR_Kid)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-austin-tx-have-a-farmers-market/188307/1 "2003-07-14T04:06:29Z")

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We want to get relatively large quantities of fresh fruit. We tried getting 20pounds of peaches at the grocery stores but they were not ripe or already going bad.

Is there a marketplace to get fresh fruit straight from the growers near Austin?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-austin-tx-have-a-farmers-market/188307/2 "2003-07-14T04:25:00Z")

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[The Austin Farmers’ Market](http://www.austinfarmersmarket.org/)

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**Author:** ![1kBR\_Kid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/dc4da7/32.png) [@1kBR\_Kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1kBR_Kid)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-austin-tx-have-a-farmers-market/188307/3 "2003-07-14T05:17:12Z")

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Thank you