Reviews for: Athens Farmers Market

The quantity and variety of fresh produce can't be beat, and the fun of looking, tasting, talking to friends make it a Saturday morning must.

Great growers/farmers with great quality and organic and Certified Organic produce! Variety: Meats, bison, goat, rabbit, pork, chicken, beef, lamb. Also Artisan cheeses, pawpaws, honey, baked goods, bulbs, trees, flowers, landscapers, salsa, salsa, salsa! I'm not even mentioning everything!

At this market you meet some of the most peaceful, loving and down-to-earth folks in the world. It leaves no surprise that the quality of produce, baked goods and other items reflect that of their vendor. It is a livelihood for some, a hobby for others, but most of all, it provides a civil service to anyone who loves good food.

Wonderful variety of fresh local food and plants. Add the street musicians and running into friends--it's a great way to spend Saturday morning.

I shop at the Athens Farmers Market regularly to purchase locally produced fruits, vegetables, eggs, meat, cider, desserts and breads. I feel good about providing my family with good quality, sustainably grown food while supporting area farmers. I also enjoy visiting with all the friends I invariably see there.

Besides being the social event for Saturday mornings, our market has the best selection for local produce - vegies & fruit; some of the tastiest and healthiest baked goods and granolas; great eggs, meats, cheeses and salsas; in addition to the wide variety of flowers, plants & shrubs for sale. We also have the opportunity to sit and chat with friends over a freshly brewed cup of tea while eating locally produced lunch items. I also enjoy the monthly food contests and the free foods that we get to sample. Lastly, the vendors are very friendly and informative and I commend them for being at the market in rain or shine year round.

It's bigger than all the farmers markets total in Charlotte, NC, & it provides an astoundingly creative array of foods. We got the best lunch we've had in some time by buying from a variety of vendors. Just wish I lived closer, so I could shop there regularly.

It is absolutely one of the best reasons to live in Athens, OH! Top quality produce, meats, poultry, eggs, fresh cut flowers, handmade gift items, elegant, artisanal food products - it's a staggering array of sustainable, renewable goods that help the community and region to provide health and well being for all. What's not to love about that?

The market is great. Supports local farmers and builds community. It is a great way to spend a Saturday morning getting great food and connecting with your neighbors.

This market is a wonderful blend of older seasoned farmers and younger whippersnappers to keep it interesting!

The selection is huge, the food is awesome and the farmers are very nice and very friendly.

It is not only a farmer's market, but also a wonderful cultural event every Saturday morning with friends, live music, and a friendly atmosphere!

1. paw paw popsicles 2. local and delicious food 3. sarah conley 4. my saturday morning social life

variety, strong focus on organic, very democratically run, and located in a place where mass scale farming (mass scale anything) has never taken root.

Amazing, RELIABLE source for local, fresh food. Year round. Accepts food stamps, making it a real part of the community and accessible to everyone.

The Athens Farmers Market has a great selection of local foods that are amazing. Everyone there is friendly and excited to have such a wonderful morning socializing and buying excellent produce. Moreover, Food Stamps are accepted there which is yet another reason why Athens Farmers Market is so great.

The Athens Farmers Market is FANTASTIC! It is year-round, which is pretty challenging in SE Ohio. The Market has fruit, vegetables, herbs, meats, breads, and even local restaurants come out to sell their food!

The Athens Farmers Market has a really impressive collection of goods and services. It is such an enviting and friendly environment. It is one of my favorite things to do on a Saturday morning. It is much more than just a market. It is a gathering place for friends and family to explore some of the different things that Athens has to offer.

Athens Farmers Market has an amazing array of fresh local products available, especially for a small town like ours. It was built by the sheer will of farmers and local-vores. I truly admire this beautiful and growing market.

Not only good food but good folks. When I shop here I know who is growing my food and I'd rather support them than agribusiness.

It is a great place to buy local, fresh food and meet people. The variety is amazing. You can feel the local pride while shopping at the farmers market.

The Athens Farmers Market brings so many students into buying local because it is just minutes from Ohio University's campus. It is a great opportunity to spread the knowledge of how important it is to keep food local!

Going to the Athens Farmers Market means that I will not only find wonderfully fresh foods and food products, but I know I am attending an event of sorts. It's a colorful meeting place filled with knowledgeable vendors,artisans and musicians ,plus a vibrant community of folks interested in quality foods and helping the local economy.

This very vigourous and diverse market is the social hub of the local food economy. I love selling food to my local community here.

It is the most vibrant, community-centered, friendly market! It is even a successful pilot program for accepting Food Stamps and includes providing social service outreach and giving back to the local food pantry and other social programs that help feed those in need! Can't get more community oriented than that!

It is fabulous and provides a HUGE variety of locally produced goods including food as well as other locally made items (furs, candles, dried flower arrangements and fresh flowers)

Friendly vendors, super fresh produce and other farm items AND the beautiful rolling hills of SE Ohio! Who could ask for more!

We lived in Athens for 3 years and went every Saturday to the market. It has the friendliest and coolest people selling the freshest and most wonderful items. A great diversity of food and people - which is super!!!

Since so much of food marketed by big food companies is suspect, I really appreciate buying fresh locally produced food. Besides, It is great fun to go there - like a community get-together.

Good size, good access, well organized and regulated (ALL of the produce is local), great variety, and great people (both market staff and the Farmers themselves). I make a point to visit & compare markets whenever I travel and the Athens Farmers Market is the best I have encountered, big town market, small town market or anything inbetween!

The market effects the living quality of Athens. We are able to buy excellent food, develop rich relationships with the farmers and producers of product. It is a community event. It is a year round market. Farmers go there in heat and severe cold as do patrons. Athens maintains an excellent local food community

when i was a graduate student at ou in the late 90's and early 00's, i went to the farmer's market nearly every weekend. it was a place for me to see my fellow classmates, friends, and even some of my professors. it was a lovely way to wind down a busy week of teaching and taking classes. i so enjoyed hearing the music, buying casa nueva salsa, fresh produce, baked goods, the best wildflowers, and getting a lemon shake-up from the ali baba booth. now that i am not in athens anymore, every saturday i miss going to the farmer's market there. nothing around my neck of the woods can compare even though i do support my local farmer's markets. the times that i have visiting athens since graduation, i have planned my trip around saturday morning to be sure i can visit my favorite vendors. for those of you who are fortunate enough to call athens home, i envy your being able to have the farmer's market a part of your weekly routine.

i know many of the small farmers and food producers. They are committed to excellence which suits me just fine. The food court is to die for, and I just love the music and fresh flowers!

It's a great market, a wonderful chance to visit with people in the community, and the local produce is excellent.

Fresh food and good people come to the market and that is a win win situation for our town and the entire SE area of OH.

The key to local sustainability is a thriving local food economy. Athens Farmers Market enables us to dream of food sufficiency, of a wholesome, healthy future. The assistant manager is awesome!

Great, real food nearby. Large selection of organic. Good music accompanies. It's heaven.

It's a great place to put your money where your mouth is and I love being able to eat more healthfully. the selection of such a wide variety of things makes it the best there is!

We have been a regional leader for decades and the advances in weaving together a local food supply have largely grown from our market. It is truly an anchor for local food and business.

Loving, passionate people with local food we can trust and ENJOY! When I don't get to the Farmers' market, my week just doesn't feel complete.

Athens Farmers Market has wonderful organic food, ethnic produce, and delicious baked breads.

Fabulous organic food, interesting and diverse people, good music and LOTS of flowers!

They are the best in a very small town! I am so impressed with this market and I come from agricultural state of CA

they always have all the freshest fruits and vegetables. i only get my produce from them.

It's a great program that brings the community together to support it's local agriculture every weekend.

Obtaining my produce from local growers. Knowing where my food comes from is an important part of my health, and the quality, variety and abundance of foods tha tI can find at the Athens Farmers Market is superior to any grocery store-bought produce I've ever come across. I particularly appreciate that the Athens Farmers Market has made itself available to people who depend on food assistance by accepting food stamps, thereby increasing the chances that poverty-stricken people will be able to have access to fresh, healthy, local foods. The Farmers Market is definitely one of the gems of this town.

With smiling faces at every station and great locally grown produce, meat, and dairy the Athens Farmers Market is the highlight of my weekend.

Friendly people. Consistently great produce and fare. A great variety. It's the best I've ever been to and I'm from Massachusetts!

The Athens FarMar is the highlight of my week. Nowhere else can you find such kind, smiling people selling such delicious food!

I support the Athens Farmers Market because I am a locavore and love the freshness and quality that Athens farmers offer to my community. I've been to many farmers markets and Athens is my favorite, by far! The variety of organic fruits and veggies, artisan breads, baked goods, salsas, cheeses, and potted plants and herbs make this a farmers market that is not to be missed!

Buying locally not only benefits the sellers, but the buyers as well. Support local business!

The Athens Farmers Market is the best place to get your produce, salsas, and bread in the area! There is practically no food miles and you get to meet the people that actually grow your food. Additionally, giving your money directly to the farmer in exchange for their goods is a great experience. This is by far the best farmers market I have ever been to and go nearly every week!

I have lived in Athens for the last 21 years, and have watched as it has grown and developed into the market it is today. The Athens Farmers Market has done wonders to bring this community together from the youngest child to the oldest residents, and has created a way for locals to share their produce, buy fresh food for their families, and (being in a small town) the market has given us a way to socialize and chat up friends from all around southeastern Ohio. It is a place that holds fond memories of summer.

Aside from the great food/products, it's kind of the scene of the who's who of Athens. Great place to meet new people.

There are lots of friendly local growers and artisans who grow and make really awesome food!

The people are incredibly friendly, and provide wonderful fresh produce. They deliver baked goods that you cant find anywhere else in town. The produce is extremely delicious and a fraction of the price of the grocery stores. They also except foodstamps to help out some the impoverished community. It really is a wonderful market.

because it's awesome! really nice having something like this in otherwise middle-of-nowhere ohio

It's bike riding distance from the Athens campus which provides university students with an opportunity to learn about local agriculture and the food making process. The people are very personable.

The Athens Farmers Market builds community and provides cheaper, safer, and more delicious foods. I've always left with a smile on my face and new experiences for my soul. It makes everyone happy!

Reasonable prices, good quality produce, friendly faces. Athens is a low-income area, aside from professions associated with the University. Local farmers here do so much for the community, and lots of unique farms offering great products!

I love the variety of products, the quality of everything that I have purchased, and how friendly and wonderful the farmers are! I especially love the burgers and cheese they sell!!

Athenians go to the farmers market because it's a way of life. They have been supporting local farmers for years, long before it became the trendy thing to do. Come to Athens and you'll see what I mean.

Athens Farmers Market is a Saturday tradition for many people in Athens--it is a place to see friends, hear music, buy great stuff and support the wonderful Athens community of dedicated organic farmers.

It has everything, from fresh veggies and fruits, to fresh and organic meats eggs and milk, even baked goods, salsa, honey, cheese, and coffee. Such a great variety and quality and it's all local! It can't be beat.

It was one of my first connections when I moved to town. This is a market where local and organic produce and meat products are available all year long. This is a venue where people go to socialize with each other and their local farmers, listen to great live music, taste the seasonal fair, participate in a monthly food competition, view other forms of entertainment throughout the year and network, network, network! :^)

It is a great place to get fresh produce,meet people,and great things .All made in our own county

Great local support for our market. The offerings are varied and the folks are proud to be there. LOVE IT!!!!

One of the best EVER!!! Don't pass this up when you are in Athens!!!! The best breads ever...the Choke-a- leek is outstanding.The friendliest of VENDORS.

Awesome enthusiastic local farmers with lots of organic and heirloom foods. So healthy! Truly amazing.

They have great produce!! I always walk away with something, even when I go for nothing!

Love the farmers market, going and get the best deals and fresh produce. Everyone involved is a nice friendly face and recoginize the regulars that come.

I just went for the first time a few months ago and they had everything and then some! I was able to buy a lot of fresh produce and meat at very cheap prices, and it was fresh, too!

It is a great market great products great people great prices what more could u ask for

athens is where i grew up; it is a beuatiful town and the farmer's market exemplifies what is beautiful about the people and the place.

Small town friendly, lots of organic produce and free range eggs and meat, great music, fantastic coffee, local organic dairy products including goat cheese, best place to meet friends on a Saturday morning. For its size our community is more supportive of local and organic options than any I have seen, and I travel a lot in my work. I am always seeking out organic and free-range options when I'm on the road and unfortunately can't always find them.

I can get things I find no where else. The vendors. The location. The vegetables.

I love the fresh produce, beautiful flowers, honey, and entertainment provided. It is a great place to see friends and visit also. OUr market just keeps getting better and better.

In southern Ohio you wont find a better, friendlier, Farmers Market, with many products being organic and local the Athens Farmers Market is the best. However due to lack of funding they have to set up in a parking lot and have tried several times to get a covered space, they are even outside in the winter. Still all year round the Athens Farmers Market is a very happening place.

Athens Farmers market supports local economy and organic gardening by providing an affordable marketspace for local gardeners and emerging entrepeneurs.

Incredible variety, generous people, friendly atmosphere, great music, happy moods, lively conversations, funny memories, all round best of everything place for everyone!

Fresh produce, fresh flowers & plants, fresh FOOD (prepared, baked, preserved, it's good!). Directly supports the local economy. Great opportunity to meet the vendors, ask questions on all things food, gardening, weather, food market insights. There is a festival atmosphere where young to old come together out doors to see what is being offered and in the process become part of the fun of the market.

The variety of vendors assures an assortment of vegetables, fruits, jams, jellies, breads., etc., that cannot be found in any supermarket.

Wonderful variety - Friendly People - Fresh, Local Food - Free Honey Sticks for the kids - Live Music - Sunny Saturday morning family outings - Familiar Faces - Creating Memories with my Children - Healthy Selections - Fresh Picked Flowers - Farm Eggs - A Locavore's Haven!

It is truly a place to go to enjoy a very special part of Athens. Great fresh foods, plants, tasty treats, beautiful people, and great music. A breath of fresh air and comraderie.

Athens Farmers Market is amazing! The people, food and atmosphere are one of a kind! There's no clutter with extra shops and stand; it's local farmers selling their delicious food! And, on top of it all, it helps support the community!

The Farmers Market provides a great opportunity to support local and organic farmers...it is the heart of our community.

When we visit our daughter and her family, we make a point to visit the Athens Farmer's Market. We have been to other farmer's markets in different cities but this one is the best by far. The offerings are diverse; high quality, and reflect the talents and values of the community members.

This market is so diverse and amazing that my family is able to buy ALL of our food here year round . Love it!

we try to hit the market every weekend- for eggs, meat and most of the veggies we don't grow ourselves- the breads & pastries are top notch- everything about it wonderful- I love this community and the Market is a beautiful example how community works!

It has the best, freshest food in town, period And when buying at the local market I support my community. Also, it is a beautiful market brimming with a huge variety of fruits, vegetables, meats, eggs, cheese, you name it. I like to watch the seasons change at the market and even love to go in the dead of an Ohio winter.

It is an amazing resource for our community. Not only is a fantastic place to find fresh, local and organic produce; it is a meeting place to see friends.

I support the local farmers market because it helps our local economy grow. It is fresh food without chemicals and it is grown in our back yard by our neighbors and friends. What defines "community" better than that!

Oustanding fresh produce, eggs and meats. Friendliest vendors. Best place to chat with friends on a Saturday morning.

For a small town, this Farmer's Market is extraordinary! Busy, clean and honest. The produce is of the finest quality and the people are friendly.

This event is the highlight of my weekend. Not only does the market have fresh, nutritious and tasty food but this is a great opportunity to visit with my friends and neighbors. This market provides a richness to our community and puts the unity into community.

The Farmer's market provides a sustainable way of living. A a vegetarian and person dedicated to environmental responsibility, it is a haven for fresh vegetables grown organically and often with heirloom seeds. The stalls offer fresh breads from local bakeries, flowers, foodstuffs, and one most likey knows several vendors on a personal basis or at least with the knowledge of seeing them around town. You can stroll the market and get breakfast, an excellent cup of tea or coffee(fair trade) while supporting your community.

Because it is awesome and we have some of the best, locally produced food in the world.

We support our local farm markets because we live in the same towns as the people who sell. By the way, there is no better food in southern Ohio than what you find at the Athens Farmers Market.

It's the only place to go to get fresh produce, awesome baked goods, meat... LOT'S OF THINGS!!!

Because my friends and neighbors provide us with fabulous stuff and make a living from doing so! We are all grateful!