# what cities have year-round farmer's markets? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 20, 2013, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-year-round-farmers-markets/647836 "2013-01-20T22:19:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-year-round-farmers-markets/647836/1 "2013-01-20T22:19:12Z")
how far south do you have to live to have a year-round farmer’s market? I have only lived where you have them maybe June - September at the most. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-year-round-farmers-markets/647836/2 "2013-01-20T22:25:18Z")
You might want to define which country you’re talking about. 🙂 I’m guessing your not from the West Coast of the US. I live in Northern California, and all the FMs I’m familiar with around here operate all year round. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-year-round-farmers-markets/647836/3 "2013-01-20T22:34:19Z")
Yep. Bay area, year 'round. Checking online, looks like Portland shuts down from mid-December to mid-March. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-year-round-farmers-markets/647836/4 "2013-01-20T22:34:32Z")
> [@JackieLikesVariety](#): > > how far south do you have to live to have a year-round farmer’s market? I have only lived where you have them maybe June - September at the most. [Old Strathcona Farmers Market](http://www.osfm.ca/) in Edmonton Alberta is open year-round. I wouldn’t exactly call Edmonton “south”! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-year-round-farmers-markets/647836/5 "2013-01-20T22:37:07Z")
New York City’s [Union Square Greenmarket](http://www.grownyc.org/unionsquaregreenmarket) is open year-round. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-year-round-farmers-markets/647836/6 "2013-01-20T22:51:08Z")
Saint Louis’ Soulard Farmer’s Market is open year-round (thought not 7 days per week). ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-year-round-farmers-markets/647836/7 "2013-01-20T22:51:16Z")
Nashville’s has an indoor section. Fun to visit. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-year-round-farmers-markets/647836/8 "2013-01-20T22:51:34Z")
be damned, NYC doesn’t surprise me but Edmonton? places like Miami I just assumed. > [@](#): > > You might want to define which country you’re talking about. I don’t mind hearing about different countries. 🆒 so - if around San Francisco is year-round and Portland is not, wonder about the places in-between. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-year-round-farmers-markets/647836/9 "2013-01-20T22:53:14Z")
Eastern Market in Detroit is open year-round. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-year-round-farmers-markets/647836/10 "2013-01-20T23:04:11Z")
Though the Mpls. Farmers market is officially open from the last weekend in April through the end of October, there are sellers there every weekend through Christmas and every other Saturday through March. Then they start appearing every weekend. St. Paul offers stuff every Saturday during winter and also offers an indoor market until spring rolls around again. ---
**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-year-round-farmers-markets/647836/11 "2013-01-20T23:10:08Z")
Montreal - the Atwater Market and the Jean Talon Market (though there may be others as well). ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-year-round-farmers-markets/647836/12 "2013-01-20T23:13:12Z")
for some of these Northern examples, I wonder how many of them only have gift-y type stuff & so forth in, say, December. I mean, sure you can get home made jam but can you get fresh produce? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-year-round-farmers-markets/647836/13 "2013-01-20T23:25:51Z")
The farmer’s market in the (defunct and gentrified) [Port of Tel Aviv](http://www.telavivcity.com/allsites/allpic/e/E9816/E9816Pic13230.jpg) is open year-round, as is [Shuk Hacarmel](http://www.masa.co.il/MASA/_fck_uploads/Image/metaylim/metaylim%2038/38_p26-27.jpg), which is not so much a modern farmer’s market as it is a classic Middle Eastern \*suk \*that sells everything and anything, including fruits and vegetables better and cheaper than anything you’ll find in the supermarket. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-year-round-farmers-markets/647836/14 "2013-01-20T23:35:34Z")
> [@JackieLikesVariety](#): > > for some of these Northern examples, I wonder how many of them only have gift-y type stuff & so forth in, say, December. > > I mean, sure you can get home made jam but can you get fresh produce? It’s true that most of the NYC vendors this time of year sell cheese, wine, pickles/jams, eggs, fish, meat, etcetera, but there are still veggies available. There are root vegetables, stored squash and apples, and a variety of greens that can be forced all winter in a greenhouse, like kale. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-year-round-farmers-markets/647836/15 "2013-01-20T23:39:03Z")
> [@JackieLikesVariety](#): > > for some of these Northern examples, I wonder how many of them only have gift-y type stuff & so forth in, say, December. > > I mean, sure you can get home made jam but can you get fresh produce? When I lived in Dubuque, the farmer’s market did just have craft items, dried herbs and seedlings the first month or so that it was running, and we didn’t start seeing actual produce until later in the month (open May through October). It looked like quite a few of the local farmers spent their winter making wooden toys, cutting boards & the like in their wood shops. ---
**Author:** ![Jane\_Elliot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jane_elliot/32/6166_2.png) [@Jane\_Elliot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jane_Elliot)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-year-round-farmers-markets/647836/16 "2013-01-20T23:40:44Z")
Bangor Maine’s European Farmers Market is year-round. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-year-round-farmers-markets/647836/17 "2013-01-21T00:06:38Z")
The [Flint, MI, farmer’s market](http://flintfarmersmarket.com/) is year around. The local farmers aren’t, obviously, selling much locally-grown produce in January but there are vendors who sell imported produce year 'round, and you can buy dried locally grown spices and grains, meats, cheeses and plenty of other foods as well as gifty and crafty things. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-year-round-farmers-markets/647836/18 "2013-01-21T00:19:30Z")
I expect most cities have year-round farmers’ markets. They just have to move indoors come winter, is all. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-year-round-farmers-markets/647836/19 "2013-01-21T00:20:23Z")
Not only is the Rochester Public Market open year-round but a number of smaller local markets now have regular winter hours. ---
**Author:** ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-year-round-farmers-markets/647836/20 "2013-01-21T01:11:19Z")
Calgary, Alberta has a year round farmer’s market, including fruits and veg. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-year-round-farmers-markets/647836.md?page=2)