Farms Near Carbondale, IL

Carbondale

Carbondale

Neighborhood Co-op Grocery is a member-owned grocery store in Carbondale carrying local produce, bulk foods, a deli, bakery, and wellness products — all free of artificial preservatives, colors, flavors, and GMOs. Anyone can shop, though membership brings added perks like the Wooden Nickel giving program. The store earned Carbondale Chamber's 2024 Business of the Year and an EPA Silver GreenChill certification for refrigerant management.

The Farmers' Market of Carbondale has run along West Main Street for more than 40 years, one of the longest-standing markets in southern Illinois. Local growers sell seasonal produce, meat, and baked goods through spring, summer, and fall. Carbondale also has a separate producer-only market downtown, so shoppers should confirm which West Main Street location they're headed to before making the trip.

Carbondale

Carbondale

Greer's Lost Creek Farm is listed on New Hope Lane near Carbondale, in the Shawnee Hills region of southern Illinois. No verifiable website or listing was found to confirm current offerings.

Humpday Farmers Market leans into its name — Wednesday is market day in Carbondale, typically 3 to 6 p.m. during the growing season. It's a smaller, LLC-run market rather than a nonprofit co-op, with vendors selling grains, mushrooms, jams, baked goods, and locally made tofu alongside the usual produce.

Carbondale

Bloom Ridge Farm grows flowers in Southern Illinois and sells them from a vintage 1953 GMC flower truck at the Carbondale Farmers Market on Saturday mornings, complete with a build-your-own bouquet bar. The farm also rents the flower truck for events, sells DIY buckets of fresh-cut seasonal blooms, and runs The Venue in Alto Pass — a wedding venue with lavender rows and an outdoor metal chapel in wine country.

Carbondale

Cannon Park Community Market runs Wednesdays from 3 to 6 p.m., May through late October, inside Carterville's Cannon Park complex at 120 N. Greenbriar. Vendors bring vegetables, fruit, eggs, milk, and meat alongside baked goods, cut flowers, and handmade crafts, with several stands selling certified organic produce. The market sits next to the park's dog park and ball fields, so shopping doubles as an evening out.

Murphysboro's farmers market runs Wednesdays, 3 to 6 p.m., and moved for the current season to 217 N. 17th Street after years at Walnut Street. Vendors sell local produce, handmade goods, and artisan items, and the market is currently taking applications for both vendors and musicians. Run through the city, with questions handled by Murphysboro City Hall.

Desoto

Murphysboro

Alto Pass

Hurst

Alto Pass

Rendleman Orchards has grown peaches, nectarines, and apples in the Shawnee National Forest since 1873, now in its fifth generation of the same family. The farm market sells the fruit fresh alongside apple butter, applesauce, honey, and baking mixes, and opens u-pick flower fields — zinnias, cosmos, mums, sunflowers — plus pumpkins each fall. The market runs Monday through Saturday 9 to 5 and Sunday noon to 5, late June through October.

Cobden

Cobden

Cobden

StarView Vineyards sits in hill country outside Cobden, in Illinois's Shawnee Hills wine region. The family-owned winery bottles around 18 varieties on-site, from dry reds to sweet blends, pouring roughly 40,000 bottles a year. Visitors can taste at the bar, order off the food menu, and catch live music some weekends. Leashed dogs are welcome on the grounds, and the property books private events in its barn.

Murphysboro

McLaughlin Strawberry Farm grows strawberries and a handful of vegetables on rural acreage outside Murphysboro, with both u-pick rows and pre-picked flats available each spring. The farm operates seasonally around the strawberry harvest and posts picking updates on Facebook rather than keeping a website.

Herrin Farmers Market runs indoors from spring through fall, giving Williamson County shoppers a dependable stop even after outdoor markets nearby close for the season. Vendors sell fresh produce, baked goods, and other locally made goods to a small, steady crowd of regulars.

Alto Pass

Alto Vineyards has grown grapes in the Shawnee Hills since 1988, when founder Guy Renzaglia planted the first vines to revive winemaking in southern Illinois. The Alto Pass winery now pours more than 20 wines and has picked up over 1,000 state, national, and international awards, with a second tasting room in Champaign. It's one of the anchor stops on the Shawnee Hills Wine Trail.

Buncombe

Hallsberry Farms is listed on United Missionary Lane in Buncombe, a small Johnson County community in the southern tip of Illinois. No verifiable website or listing was found to confirm current offerings.

Anna

The Union County Chamber of Commerce runs this market out of the East Davie Plaza lot in Anna, open Tuesdays from 6 a.m. to noon, March through October. Growers bring vegetables, fruits, and flowers, alongside baked goods, crafts, and other homemade items from around southern Illinois. The Chamber can be reached at (618) 833-2525 for vendor questions or schedule changes.

Johnston City

Bandy's Pumpkin Patch has run family-owned fall fun in Johnston City for over 35 years, with a 10-acre corn maze, hayrides, bonfire areas, corn cannons, and a country store. Admission and parking are free; individual activities are priced separately. Open September 19 through October 30.

Marion's farmers market runs twice a week on West Main Street — Wednesdays 7 to 11 a.m. and Saturdays 6 a.m. to noon — with produce, baked goods, crafts, and ready-to-eat food from area vendors filling the block downtown.

Grand Tower sits on the Mississippi River near Tower Rock, and this market keeps that river-town pace — vendors set up Saturday mornings, 8 to 12:30, spring through fall, with fresh fruit, vegetables, baked goods, and handmade goods from growers around the area.

Ava

The Dierks family has raised grass-fed beef on the same southern Illinois land in Ava for five generations — natural, with no antibiotics, steroids, or grain, ever. Beef is sold in whole, half, and quarter orders with delivery to your door within 400 miles of the farm.

Du Quoin

This Saturday market runs out of Keyes Park at Park and Division streets in Du Quoin, open the first weekend in May through the end of October, 7:30 a.m. to noon. Vendors bring in-season vegetables, fruit, local specialty foods, and handmade crafts. It's a small operation — call ahead if you're chasing a specific item.

Keyes Park Du Quoin

Du Quoin's only regular farmers market sets up at Keyes Park, at the corner of Park and Division, every Saturday from May through October. Hours run 7:30 a.m. to noon. Growers bring vegetables, fruit, organic produce, and local crafts — a small seasonal market serving Perry County shoppers.

West Frankfort's market sets up Tuesdays, 3 to 6 p.m., May through October, in the shelter behind the Aquatic Center at City Park. It's a straightforward small-town market — a couple of farm vendors selling vegetables, fruits, eggs, milk, and meat straight off the truck. Call (618) 937-1665 for current vendor and schedule details.

Benton

A family farm in Benton with a general store, play barn, and petting zoo, plus fall staples like pumpkins, mums, and hayrides. Gemstone mining is one of its more unusual draws, and shelters can be rented for birthday parties or a weiner roast.

Pinckneyville Farmers Market runs Tuesdays, 3 to 6 p.m., May through October, now based at Kellerman Feed Store on South Main Street after moving from its earlier East Water Street location. Vendors sell in-season produce, baked goods, flowers, and handmade crafts. It's a once-a-week market in this small Perry County seat, so Tuesday afternoon is the only window to catch it.

Cape Girardeau

Tunnel Hill

Cape Girardeau

Vienna

Larry Trover Produce farms on Gilead Church Road outside Vienna, in Johnson County near the Shawnee National Forest. It has no independent web presence, so what's in season and when the stand is open are best confirmed directly.

Perryville

Three Spring Farms sits on Perry County Road 330 near Perryville in southeast Missouri, between the Mississippi River and the eastern Ozarks. The farm opens to visitors for seasonal agritourism tied to what the land produces through the year. Perry County's mix of cropland and rolling hills sets the backdrop.

Perryville

Perryville

Bachmann Farms is a small on-farm market on Highway C outside Perryville, in Missouri's Perry County farm country. The family sells locally grown produce and farm products directly from the farm and takes cash or check. It's registered as Bachmann Brother Farms LLC. Directory listings are thin on hours and specific crops, so it's worth checking availability before visiting.