The St. Marys Farmers’ Market was established in 1992, to encourage the growing of quality, local vegetables, fruits, berries and other products, to create marketing opportunities for local growers and
producers, to increase awareness and consumption of local food, and to promote a cooperative spirit amongst vendors and with consumers. In order to meet these goals, the St. Marys Farmers’ Market is a producer only market. Only vendors selling their own products, sometimes supplemented with products from neighbouring farmers, are allowed to sell at the market.

With its focus on local farmers, the St. Marys Farmers’ Market is known for the quality, fresh and local produce available at the market including a good selection of fresh vegetables, fruits and berries, frozen veal, ground beef and pork, fresh-frozen berries, home baking, home preserves, goat cheese, grains and fresh fish. Full season vendors include Sheldon Berries, Ann Slater’s Fresh Organic Vegetables, O’Shea’s Farm Fresh Berries and Vegetables, Rock Glen Orchard, The Nutty Bakers, Wikarebrae Farm, and Eshcol Farm. In addition, a number of other local growers and bakers join the market for part of the market season.

If you are looking for local food, the St. Marys Farmers’ Market is an ideal visit during the market season, May 16 to November 28, 2009. Market hours are Saturday mornings from 8 a.m. to 12 noon, and St. Marys residents tend to get to the market early for the ‘pick of the crop’. The market is located in downtown St. Marys, near the corner of Water St. and Jones St., in the Jones St. parking lot, behind The Source.

Partial List of Fresh Produce Available
at the St. Marys Farmers’ Market

May: asparagus, spinach, salad greens, rhubarb
June: asparagus, spinach, salad greens, lettuce, rhubarb, strawberries, sugar snap peas, peas, green onions
July: strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, cherries, lettuce, salad greens, snow peas, peas, green and yellow beans, zucchini and summer squash, onions, red and golden beets, potatoes, sweet corn
August: raspberries, blueberries, peaches, apples, lettuce, salad greens, green and yellow beans, zucchini and summer squash, red and golden beets, potatoes, onions, sweet corn, tomatoes, peppers
September: raspberries, apples, pears, strawberries, salad greens, green and yellow beans, tomatoes, potatoes, beets, sweet corn, peppers, onions, pumpkins, zucchini and summer squash, winter squash
October: raspberries, pears, apples, salad greens, tomatoes, potatoes, beets, peppers, onions, pumpkins, winter squash, leeks
November: raspberries, salad greens, potatoes, beets, onions, winter squash, kale, leeks