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Welcome to the Austin Farmers’ Market!

PEACHES! Figs! Field TOMATOES! All available at Wednesday and Saturday markets NOW (sign up for newsletter to get week-to-week notice of lulls and highs of farm seasonal fruits).

Go to Around Town to find out about the Second Annual Farm and Food Leaders Training Conference August 18-19.

Support local (within 150 miles) -- farms, ranches, dairies and nurseries.

The Austin Farmers' Market (AFM), is a growers-only market (100% local).

Find year-round fresh fruits, vegetables, meats, cheeses, honey, eggs and plants.

Fresh picked farmers' foods are delicious, as are the plentiful prepared foods.

Also enjoy the community-making aspect of chef's demos, children's activities and live local musicians.

Located in the heart of downtown at Republic Square Park (4th and Guadalupe), and now in northcentral Triangle Park as part of the Triangle complex mid-week, the market is a vital part of the community and the Austin experience.

Saturday 2008 Market schedule and info

Day and Time: Saturdays, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Season: 2008 :: Year-round, through December 27, 2008.; RAIN OR SHINE. Now Accepting Lone Star Card and Debit Cards!
Where: 4th & Guadalupe
Info. & Parking: Plenty of available free parking at top half of parking lot (don't park in other half--you'll pay), and in the convenient state parking garage at 3rd and San Antonio.

Wednesday 2008 market schedule and info

Day and Time: Wednesdays, 4 - 8 p.m. "PICNIC IN THE PARK" season
Season: 2008 :: Every Wednesday, year-round! Through December 17th, 2008.; RAIN OR SHINE. Now Accepting Lone Star Card and Debit Cards!
Where: Triangle Park, 4600 Guadalupe (46th Street -- between Lamar and Guadalupe)
Info. & Parking: Plenty of free parking available at parking garage across the street from the market.

Bus Routes

Use the convenient Capital Metro Trip Planner (plan your route)

Austin Farmers' Market eNewsletter

Sign up for the eNewsletter, "Rise and Shine" to inform you about what's in season, when you favorite vendor is at the market, recipes, special events and more! Send an email to: susanl @ sustainablefoodcenter . org (close up space and use @ symbol).

IN THE NEWS - Countryside Farm's Sebastien and Esther Bonneu, and their daughter, Marguex, in a 'Local Food' feature in the July 9th Austin American-Statesman. Click here for the link.

Sustainable Food Center, the organization that runs Austin Farmers' Market, named "Local Hero" by Edible Austin Magazine readers in Non-profit Category, 2008.

Winner, 10Best Bet 2008 - Awarded by 10BEST.COM for Best Reason to Go Green

Winner, Austin American-Statesman Austin360.com "A-List" poll for Best Place to Buy Fresh Fruits and Vegetables, 2007

Winner, One of Ten Best Farmers' Markets in the Country - Green Living Online, 2007

Winner of many previous awards too numerous to name. Host to many award-winning food and natural product producers, including Thunderheart Bison, Sticky Toffee Pudding, Cocoa Puro Kakawa Chocolate, and So.A.P. (South Austin People).

map to Austin Farmers' Market location: 4th and Guadalupe

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The largest certified growers-only farmers market in the state of Texas.

We meet the criteria of having 51% or more of farmers in our vendor base, year-round, AND we enforce that all farmers must grow 100% of what they sell.

What is NEW for Summer, 2008?

The market is year-round! There are more ways to learn about the local food system, there are more community gathering events, and there is much more to accomplish to connect the farmers to you. The market is growing!

The market is a project of the Sustainable Food Center, a local 501 (c)(3) nonprofit. We operate the market because it is an important extension of our mission, to improve access to local, healthy and affordable food for children and adults in Central Texas. We have been involved in doing this in a variety of ways since 1975.

Here is an example of what you will find at the market this summer:

* Peaches, figs and honey

* Field tomatoes and peppers!

* Nutty, nutritious squashes and sweet onions

* Humanely raised lamb, poultry, bison, beef, goat and eggs from pastured chickens

* Late shade-grown lettuces, New Zealand spinach, summer-resistant greens, hardy arugula

* Glorious versatile eggplant in subtle hues of purples of creams

* Okra, alright!

* Patio gardens and flowering fruit trees and plants

* Fresh-cut flowers

* Fresh, low-temperature pastuerized milk (not homogenized, nor raised with hormones or antibiotics) from pastured cows and ice cream!

* World-reknowned Cocoa Puro chocolate, Sticky Toffee Pudding and the best coffee shop in a downtown street!

* Organic locally brewed, fantastic tasting Maine Root root beer and the "Pink Drink" - of prickly pear

* Artisan breads, melt-in-your-mouth scones, and fresh empanadas

* Melt in your mouth chevre made from goat milk and specialty cow milk cheese

* Whirl around the world with freshly made, locally produced ethnic foods..Mediterranean, Ethiopian, Mexican, Oaxacan, Brazilian, Thai, Napalese and more!

Come try these delicious freshly picked and made products direct from our hands to yours!

This is your farmers market. You can celebrate by coming often, and bringing a friend.

Thank you for sustaining your enthusiasm and support for the Austin Farmers Market, we welcome you this ending of our fifth year.