Reviews for: Matthews Community Farmers Market

As a vendor we have had the most wonderful experiences with the folks that come and visit our booth at the Matthews market. It is a pleasure to get up on Saturdays knowing that we'll be enjoying the music and lively activity. The folks that work at, volunteer for and support the market are the greatest. We are fortunate to be involved with such a friendly community.

the booths are many and the bounties are always plentiful, altho overpriced. Everyone is neighborly and informative on their expertize. Great atmosphere and chef demo each Sat. Having a tasting at some of booths was yummy and helpful and made us want to come back. My husband and I find it a happy experience since we love fresh and organic whenever possible.

I like it because it is always fresh, friendly and fun. It is constantly changing and the layout feels very down to earth and I just love shopping there.

I get a great pleasure from buying those excellent veggies, the crisp, fresh greens, firm and glossy eggplants and peppers, fresh eggs, and so many other wonderful items. Knowing that the foods are organic,and raised within a radius of 50 miles from my home is a big part of that. There is an atmosphere of goodwill and common interest between all the shoppers and venders that is a welcome change from ordinary life.

Matthews Farmer's Market is everything a farmer's market should be---all locally grown produce that you can feel good about buying and eating.

There's a bell at 7:15?!?!? '-D Hey, I'm not a "morning person" but I'll still roll out of bed by 8 and run to the Matthews Farmers Market. It has the best of everything - food, fun and community - along with a great website to share information too!

It is such an easy, teaching tool about food for my kids. They see and meet the farmers, see what they grow without any 18-wheelers, factories and distributors beetween us and the food.

I get up early and drive to the Matthews Community Farmers Market for the quality of the food and sense of community. In addition to good produce and food they always have some sort of informative activities such as chef demos using the current fresh produce. They also have crafts and music. Haven't found a better Farmer's market and I've been to a few.

I like knowing I'm buying from local farmers in the area. Selection is great, programming is great.

Local produce, produced responsibly by organic and low pesticide use farmers. Great programs, including cooking demonstrations and tastings by some of Charlotte's best chefs. Fabulous baked goods, locally grown pork that is the best pork I have ever tasted. Plus there is a true sense of community, grown from the dedication and commitment of a handful of wonderful farmers and supporters. A great way to start your Saturday!

Farmer's sell only their own grown product Culinary demostrations using local product Variety of vendors and product

Local farmers who are selling only what they produce,plus a large selection of organic produce and meats. Plus you see the same people there every week so it is like a community meeting place as well!

Such a sense of community at the Matthews Community Farmers' Market has made North Carolina finally feel like HOME to me. After relocating to NC from Dallas/Fort Worth, TX nearly 2 years ago, I started attending the Matthews Farmers' Market in Matthews in April of this year. As a cancer survivor, finding good locally grown organic produce and local suppliers for beef that was grass fed and finished were high priorities. I found it ALL (and more: good music, good classes & demos, and good friends) at the Matthews Community Farmers' Market!

Large choice of fresh, organic vegetables, hormone free pork and beef and eggs. Also, fresh goat cheese and fresh fruits like peaches, etc. I visit every Saturday morning. The newsletter is helpful and provide information as to what is available.

This is the best farmers market in the area. All of the market's produce is locally grown, and boy, what a variety! Last week I purchased ground ostrich meat! Visiting the Matthews Community Farmer's Market is a Saturday morning routine in my family.

Everything I need for eating more seasonally is available at this market. Vegetables, eggs, grass feed beef or local pork, honey, breads and even wonderful chocolate truffles are here! I appreciate the high quality and convenience of having one place to shop. The email newsletter lets me know what to plan for the shopping.

The produce is amazing, and I love all the extras - the music, coffee shop, chef demonstrations. It's also great that they are open year round (every other week for winter harvest). The best part is that EVERYTHING there is locally produced, so it is truly a local farmers market!

Vendors are friendly and knowledgeable, and truly care that their products are enjoyed. Wonderful selection!

I love everything about it--the people, the food, the information, the entertainment. It is a part of our Saturday morning routine and has been for years. My kids have grown up going to the market.

OMG! The chickens are big as turkey, the ostrich tastes like fillet and the vegetables/fruits come from the green giant land. Unbelievable.

great produce all locally grown. I like the flowers and the goat cheese as well

I've been to several markets in the South East. Matthews is friendly, knowledgable with great selection and great food.

This is one of the best and oldest markets in the Charlotte area. The farmer has to be at the market. So we know our farmers personally and love them all. All of the food is local and sustainably raised. We've have never eaten so good.

I love the fresh, local produce. It is wonderful to be able to know the farmers who grow our food!

Everything comes from a 50 mile radius and there are some of the most wonderful farmers at this market!

Amazing people. Delicious food. Cooking demonstrations, music, fun... best possible way to spend a Saturday morning... and it starts the weekend off most beautifully!

We can be sure that our purchases are grown in our region -- not shipped in from far away places. We know most of the growers and have great relationships with them.

Wonderful farmers, wonderful food. Everything grown locally. I like not eating anonymous food, instead I know who grew it. I feel part of a community everytime I go. Love the extras like music and cooking demos.

A true 'farmer's market ... great community ... great produce; and growing larger all the time.

Great local food sold by the friendly farmers who grew it. Special events like chef's demonstrations and cooking contests. Unique Sat. morning gathering place!

This is a place of family, friends and fabulous food. It gives me such a sense of community to be able to go there every Saturday. It is what is lacking in most of our lives, ....

I support locally grown produce. The produce here is excellent and the people are so nice and helpful.

Although small, this farmer's market has such a sense of community among the vendors and shoppers. In addition to the fabulous food, I enjoy the cooking events by local chefs who demonstrate different ways to use local, seasonal produce. And of course the arts and crafts and music add a special ambiance to the whole experience. Going to the market is community affair which can easily become a tradition.

Terrific local produce as well as baked goods. I've been going close to 10 years, and I know and trust the growers. Gives me a way to support local farmers while I eat really well!

I love this market because the produce is truly LOCAL. The vendors and guests are great to be with on a Saturday morning regardless of the weather. And the folks who run the market really seem to care about it. Improvements are thoughtful as well as charming.

Great Local Produce, the Chef's Tent as an educational event, and cooking demonstrations with leading local chefs using the produce/proteins from the days participating farmers.

Just enough stands with plenty of variety and great cooking demonstrations and music. It's a wonderful morning out with the family, and the growers are very personable.

One of the great assets in our community. I'm 62 and from Philly, so the idea that I'd be buying my sausage (and eggs, and tomatoes, and flowers) from the person who produced it is strange and wonderful.

It's all local grown produce or local home baked.It's a great place supported by the local people and supplied by local farmers.

Matthews Community Farmers Market has a wonderful variety of offerings - fresh, organic produce, grain-fed meats, delicious baked goods, home-made candies and preserves, potted plants, fresh cut flowers, the BEST lettuce, handcrafted items, and more. The atmosphere is energized by live music as well as the weekly cooking demonstrations by local and well-known chefs. It is more than a farmer's market - it is a great experience! I go every week and would not miss it.

I love the MAtthews Farmer's Market becasue of the quality of the food, the spirit of the farmers and all who gather on Saturday morning to buy organic food, flowers and gift items made by outstandning memebres of our local community. Charming, intimate in feeling, it is a thow back to times past and for me, has the feeling of a small European market. The music and cooking demaonstrations, by no less than distinguished chefs such as Mark Hiibs, make this an experience for all the sneses and one of the best things about living in the Charlotte area!

Local only, grower, producer only It has the best products, the nicest people, it is like big family that supports the local community

Everything at the market is 100% local, the educational programs are wonderful, and the atmosphere is friendly, fun, and busy.

You actually get to talk to the farmers and get to know them and everything is local and sustainable.

This is one of the few Farmers Market where "imports" are not allowed. Each seller must produce what they sell.

I go to this market because I know for sure that I will get quality food from the vendors. It's important to me to buy organic and there is plenty of that.

Great farmers and great veggies ... The BEST way to spend a Saturday morning ... Ever!!

Tomatoes are great. My goal in life is to get there before all the good tomatoes are gone.

Healthy food, healthy community! I especially love their "Chef" programs!

The food is all local,music crafts, and cooking demonstration add to the atmosphere. It's fun getting to know the grower's of my food.

Everyone is genuinely caring & informative about their own produce and products.

Local produce, beautiful plants, friendly people, and fresh prepared foods! One of the few places to find grass-fed beef! Also the various activities and music going on make every trip different. Plenty of people who give great advice about their plants! I got my venus fly trap their, couldn't be happier!

Knowing that all vendors grow what they sell and are from a 50 mile radius of Matthews really means a lot. At many markets "local" can mean all the way to Florida. For that I could use a grocery chain. The addition of chef demonstrations and live music really make it a community gathering as well.

I have been getting up at 5 or 6 every Saturday I can remember to go "To Market"...it reminds me of an old saying, "Food for the body, lilies for the soul."Food grown by folks who are my friends for people who come to gather and become friends. There is a sense of community, back to basics, shared recipes, a fabulous newsletter sharing the news of farmers and cooks and chefs and gardners.Matthews Community Farmers Market is my tether to this world. The comradie carries me forward and the casually strung tents and ground mulch walkway remind of another time, more peaceful, more settled. But on Saturdays I get the best of both worlds. And feel quite Blessed.

Quaint and lovely, a live harpist, I feel like I am in the mountains,even though they are 3 hours away. All produce is local within 50 miles. I love to talk to the growers and learn new ways to use their products. Can't think of a better thing to do on Saturday morning.

I trust their stringent requirements that everything be grown or made locally and sold by the person who actually produces or makes it.

Matthews Farmers Market not only has an abundant of locally grown fruits, vegetables, and meats, there are chefs there each week to show everyone how to make delicious dishes with items you may never otherwise try. It is a gathering places on saturday morning to visit with friends amd make new friends.

I have attended this market since opening day 18 years. It's the best. Everything if locally grown - nothing truck farmed in. Love this place.

Fresh, mostly organic produce and baked goods. Vendors make a real effort to educate you and to know you. My fav!

Because these farmers, bakers, meat producers and others take pride in what they produce. It shows in the quality and variety that is available. This market is not convenient to me, but I come because my local markets to not offer this true meca of health.

Its comunity centered. All vendors at the market bring their own produce and are able to answer your questions about type, use and just picked freshness. The farms must be within 50 miles of the market and our market board visits every applicants farm befor theyallow them to vend at our market. We have local artisans, local restaurant owners and chefs demonstrate cooking and preparation techniques, Musicians play during market. I've been visiting farmers markets for the last 20 years in 17 states and this is the best hands down because of the community that has come togeter around it.

Matthews Farmers Market has a fun, family atmosphere to it! We love going and trying new local produce each week. Our favorite thing about it is that it is always easy to find ORGANIC local produce!!

you really get to know your farmers personally and they take the time to respond to you

Locally and vendor grown produce are a must at this market. It has a family atmosphere and has grown positively in the 18 years I have attended.

All the vendors items are locally produced and the vendors are friendly and helpful.

The vendors are friendly, the foods are fresh, the products are diverse, and the atmosphere is welcoming to both seasoned and new market goers. This market is accessible and I have always felt refreshed by the pleasant experience there.

There is a good variety of local produce and baked goods, and it is a few miles from my home.

The Matthews Market is more than just a wonderful place to buy local produce. It also provides chefs, recipes, flowers, music and crafts. It is an amazing event. I applaud their creativity!!!

Close to my home. The vendors are so nice and friendly and the produce so tasty and fresh.

It's big enough to have great variety, and small enough to know all the vendors. Like Goldilocks said,"it's just right." AND, no pesticides are used on the vegetables.

The produce is grown within 50 miles of the market and is always fresh! The farmers are friendly and knowledgeable. It is so well organized and run.

I love the Matthews Community Farmers Market because everything that's available for sale is either grown or produced within 50 miles of the market. The fresh-picked taste is delicious! I also enjoy meeting the farmers.

It is very important to me that the farmers at the Matthews Market are all within a 50 mile radius. Nothing is shipped in so I know I am eating local!!!

great growers, a true market, everything has to be grown with in 50 miles of the market, great chef interaction

Great local produce, friendly people, fun atmosphere and the chance to learn something new every Saturday morning.

it is a most pleasant atmosphere... mucic, crafts, baked goods, wonderful produce, and the peoople who work so hard to make it possible.

Matthews market has an incredible range of goods available each week and always something fun and helpful going on: musicians, Ask-a-chef, chef cooking from goods sold at the market that day, plenty of commeraderie - it's like a village coming together on market day.

It's not just about the produce but it's the friends and farmers that make me get up every Saturday at 6amish to get the best local, fresh produce, meats, baked items, and crafts in the world. Love waiting in line for the bell to ring and talking over the weeks news with us regulars. Okay Newbies welcome. :)

This growers market is the best market I have been to ever. the farmers share their experiences and techniques in growing food. there is a small band each week and local chefs cook food from the market to show folks how to prepare local and in season food. Truly one of the best markets anywhere. there is a wide variety of food including local free range meats.

I love the weekly email reminders and local artistry that is added each week to the market such as musicians, beekeepers, and local chef demos.

This is a delightful market, combining diverse, high quality foods, plants and craft in an intimate and warm setting. The ambience of live music, two chef events weekly, the sweet Community Store, and frequent great contests can't be captured in words. The market is old, app;roaching twenty years, run with love, and you can tell!

It is the best selection of local foods and the freshest and by far the nicest people to serve us as customers.

supports local growers and has lots of organic produce and meat plus music and other special attractions. A really enjoyable reason to get up early on Saturday morning.

Wonderful, fresh, local food grown by people living in the area. It is a good location for me. I can get fresh vegetables, fruits, honey, flowers, pottery, soaps, bakery goods, goat cheese, even watch cooking demonstrations.

The market is a great community and hosts all kinds of events, from gardening seminars to cooking demos to special product promotions.

Great fresh herbs, vegtabale and fruits. Always offering something to engage children into gardening/cooking and other wonderful hands on, life lessons

Every product offered is of the highest quality. You get to enjoy meeting the farmers and vendors that you purchase your products from. The communication with the community is outstanding.

I love it when I can be in Charlotte on a Saturday & go to the Matthews Farmers Market. I love the availability of fresh organic foods, fresh breads and bakery items. And of course the cooking demonstation and tips from local chefs. There's also the feel of small town America which is hard to find!

They have the BEST selection and highest quality of food in Charlotte, oh yeah, and you can't beat the prices! A great group of people committed to a great cause, Thank You Matthews Farmer's Market!

This great farmers' market not only gives the Matthews area access to fresh, locally grown produce, but you get to meet the farmers who grow it. It's a place you can spend a Saturday morning with people - farmers, local chefs and customers - who are passionate about the food they grow, buy and cook with. A real jewel in the town of Matthews.

A wonderful market whose participants are within 50 miles. Also, during the the summer there are cooking demonstrations from local chefs showing how to use the products. Then there is the music, local arts and flowers. My children love this Saturday morning tradition.

I think it shows forth the beauty of God in the merciful abundance He provides from His earth for all mankind. This provision which lies outside the realm of greedy, polluting agribusiness, is a reminder to all that food, stripped of commercialization, is the best gift for our sustenance. Just as the Lord intended it!

The Matthews Community Farmers Market has many great farmers and the best produce around

The relationships I have built with the farmers are just as important as the food the grow to nourish me and my family.

The Matthews Community Farmers Market was established nearly 20 years ago, long before "local" or "organic" mattered to folks in this area. It was established with a rich vision that has, indeed, transformed the way that people in this area raise, prepare, and eat food. It has renewed the sense of community in Matthews and helped sustain the historic downtown area. It is filled with people - farmers, neighbors, volunteers - who have chosen to make Matthews a better place.

The Matthews Community Farmers Market has so many great farmers and the best produce around.

Matthews Community Farmers market is "truly" a community of love for our local Farmers.It is a great place of freindly faces, joy,laughter and support.It is the best place to be on a Saturday morning rain or shine.

A great way to spend early Sat. morning.. I especially love Ann Stewart's baskets. She's giving a class on July 8th at the Museum of the Waxhaws!

THE VENDORS BRING SPECTACULAR ITEMS TO MARKET. I LOVE THE STORE AND GET COFFEE. I LOVE THE COOKING DEMOS AND OTHER DEMOS AND THE MUSIC!!!

Because my support of the local farmers will assure that they will be available to provide healthy, tasty, locally grown food for me and my growing family members for years to come.