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# Where is my local farmers market?
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/local_farmers_market_2907100956/
- Published: 2010-07-29T23:55:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T16:03:21.000Z
- Description: National Farmers Market Week ran August 1 through 7, 2010. Farmers markets sell produce, meat, cheese, eggs and poultry that the sellers themselves grew, raised or made, often naturally or organically, and USDA's website lists markets by location.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Farmers Markets, Shopping, #vivvo-import

August 1-7, 2010, is National Farmers Market Week.

A farmer's market is one in which farmers, growers, or producers from a defined local area sell their own produce directly to the public. They are usually held out-of-doors, in public spaces, and all products sold have been grown, reared, caught, brewed, pickled, baked, smoked or processed by the farmers. In addition, farmers' markets often feature produce that is grown naturally or [organically](http://answers.usa.gov/cgi-bin/gsa%5Fict.cfg/php/enduser/std%5Fadp.php?p%5Ffaqid=7300&p%5Fsid=VB4bea6k&p%5Flva=7119&ref=foodconsumer.org), meats that are raised humanely on pasture, handmade farmstead cheeses, eggs and poultry from free-range fowl, as well as heirloom produce and heritage breeds of meat and fowl. Farmers markets have continued to rise in popularity, mostly due to the growing consumer interest in obtaining fresh products directly from the farm.

For [more information about farmers markets](http://www.ams.usda.gov/farmersmarkets/?ref=foodconsumer.org), including a link to [find local farmers markets](http://apps.ams.usda.gov/FarmersMarkets/?ref=foodconsumer.org), please visit the [U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA)](http://answers.usa.gov/cgi-bin/gsa%5Fict.cfg/php/enduser/std%5Fadp.php?p%5Ffaqid=7263&p%5Fsid=VB4bea6k&p%5Flva=7119&ref=foodconsumer.org) website.

[National Farmers Market Week](http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELPRDC5085688&ref=foodconsumer.org) (.PDF document) takes place August 1 through 7, 2010.

**Additional Resources:**

- [Buying and Operating a Farm](http://answers.usa.gov/cgi-bin/gsa%5Fict.cfg/php/enduser/std%5Fadp.php?p%5Ffaqid=8280&p%5Fsid=VB4bea6k&p%5Flva=7119&ref=foodconsumer.org)
- [Crop and Livestock Insurance](http://answers.usa.gov/cgi-bin/gsa%5Fict.cfg/php/enduser/std%5Fadp.php?p%5Ffaqid=1330&p%5Fsid=VB4bea6k&p%5Flva=7119&ref=foodconsumer.org)
- [Agricultural Risk Management Agencies - The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation](http://answers.usa.gov/cgi-bin/gsa%5Fict.cfg/php/enduser/std%5Fadp.php?p%5Ffaqid=4222&p%5Fsid=VB4bea6k&p%5Flva=7119&ref=foodconsumer.org)
- [Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program](http://answers.usa.gov/cgi-bin/gsa%5Fict.cfg/php/enduser/std%5Fadp.php?p%5Ffaqid=7537&p%5Fsid=VB4bea6k&p%5Flva=7119&ref=foodconsumer.org)
- [Animal Disease Traceability](http://answers.usa.gov/cgi-bin/gsa%5Fict.cfg/php/enduser/std%5Fadp.php?p%5Ffaqid=8021&p%5Fsid=VB4bea6k&p%5Flva=7119&ref=foodconsumer.org)
- [Preparing Livestock for Natural Disasters](http://answers.usa.gov/cgi-bin/gsa%5Fict.cfg/php/enduser/std%5Fadp.php?p%5Ffaqid=7384&p%5Fsid=VB4bea6k&p%5Flva=7119&ref=foodconsumer.org)
- [Agricultural, Family and Community Development Education and Assistance](http://answers.usa.gov/cgi-bin/gsa%5Fict.cfg/php/enduser/std%5Fadp.php?p%5Ffaqid=5468&p%5Fsid=VB4bea6k&p%5Flva=7119&ref=foodconsumer.org)
- [The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)](http://answers.usa.gov/cgi-bin/gsa%5Fict.cfg/php/enduser/std%5Fadp.php?p%5Ffaqid=5456&p%5Fsid=VB4bea6k&p%5Flva=7119&ref=foodconsumer.org)
- [Taxes for the Agricultural Industry/Farmers](http://answers.usa.gov/cgi-bin/gsa%5Fict.cfg/php/enduser/std%5Fadp.php?p%5Ffaqid=7579&p%5Fsid=VB4bea6k&p%5Flva=7119&ref=foodconsumer.org)
- [Aquaculture](http://answers.usa.gov/cgi-bin/gsa%5Fict.cfg/php/enduser/std%5Fadp.php?p%5Ffaqid=8619&p%5Fsid=VB4bea6k&p%5Flva=7119&ref=foodconsumer.org)

**Please note:** To view and print .PDF documents, you must use the [Adobe Reader software](http://get.adobe.com/reader/?ref=foodconsumer.org), which is available for download without charge.

by usa.gov team