Farmers Markets near Boone, IA

Ames

The North Grand Farmers' Market sets up twice a week in the parking lot north of JCPenney at North Grand Mall in Ames — Wednesdays 3 to 6pm and Saturdays 8am to 12:30pm. Alongside the standard produce, flowers, herbs, eggs, and honey, vendors sell Iowa wine, crafts, and pet items, a wider mix than most small-town markets. North Grand Mall also runs a separate indoor market during the colder months.

Huxley

Huxley's market sets up on West Railway Street in this fast-growing Story County town between Ames and Ankeny, giving area growers a stop in one of central Iowa's fastest-expanding suburbs.

The Perry Farmers Market runs Thursday evenings, 4 to 7pm, from early June through late September, on 2nd Street between Willis Avenue and Warford downtown. It accepts SNAP EBT and matches purchases through Double Up Food Bucks, stretching grocery budgets for the Dallas County families who shop it. The Perry Chamber of Commerce organizes the market and books at least one food vendor most weeks alongside the produce stands.

Nevada

Main Street Nevada runs this market out of City Hall on 6th Street every other Sunday, noon to 3pm, from May through September. It's organized less like a produce stand and more like a small-business showcase, giving local growers and food makers a direct line to customers without a storefront. Main Street Nevada's executive director, Emily Schaack, handles vendor applications through the organization's own site.

Uptown Ankeny Farmers Market gathers at SW 3rd Street and SW Maple Street in this fast-growing Polk County suburb north of Des Moines. Local growers sell seasonal produce direct to area shoppers.

Johnston Farmers Market sets up at 6221 Merle Hay Road in Johnston, a Des Moines suburb in Polk County best known as headquarters to Corteva Agriscience's Pioneer seed business. Suburban markets in the Des Moines metro tend to run larger than small-town ones, with a wider mix of produce, meat, and prepared-food vendors on a given Saturday.

Greene County's market operates out of a storefront space on North Chestnut Street in Jefferson, the county seat known for its 14-story Mahanay Memorial Carillon Tower. It gives area growers an indoor-adjacent option in this west-central Iowa community.