Farmers Markets near Council Bluffs, IA

River City Farmers Market runs Saturdays, 9am to noon, June through August, at West Broadway in downtown Council Bluffs. Vendors sell locally grown produce, eggs, honey, bedding plants, and baked goods, standard early-summer market fare timed to when Iowa gardens actually start producing. The market's Facebook page tracks weekly vendor turnout more reliably than its directory listings, which show some conflicting address details.

A neighborhood market in South Omaha at 2702 S 10th St, off Bancroft Street. Local growers and makers bring seasonal produce, baked goods, and handmade items to this historically working-class, immigrant-rooted part of the city. A small warm-season market.

This Saturday market runs on the corner of 11th and Jackson, the same block where Omaha's City Market operated from around 1900 until 1964. Revived in 1994, it fills the Old Market district with produce growers, bakers, food makers, and artisans through the warm-weather season. It is the flagship of the Omaha Farmers Market organization.

Omaha

Omaha

A produce-only market at 30th and Grant Streets in North Omaha, outside the Charles Drew Health Center. The Omaha Farmers Market started it in 2011 to bring fresh, local food to the neighborhood. Expect sweet corn, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, green beans, and more in season. It runs Wednesdays 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., and shoppers can buy SNAP tokens on site and use WIC and FMNP checks.

Omaha

Volunteers have run this Friday-evening market at 520 N. 33rd St. in Omaha's Gifford Park neighborhood since 2006. There are no vending fees, and every item must be personally grown or handmade, so shoppers meet the gardeners, farmers, and artisans directly. The season runs June through late September, 5-8 p.m., with music and entertainment most weeks.

Silver City

Silver Creek Farmers' Market sets up along Main Street and Railroad Avenue in Silver City, a small Mills County town in southwest Iowa. Growers from the area sell seasonal produce direct to local shoppers.

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Glenwood

This market operates directly on Highway 34 in Glenwood, the Mills County seat in southwest Iowa near the Loess Hills, giving passing highway traffic a roadside stop for area produce.

Plattsmouth

This market sets up at the Harrison County Welcome Center on Monroe Avenue in Missouri Valley, a rest-stop landmark just off I-29 in western Iowa. It gives area growers access to interstate travelers, not just local foot traffic.

Riverside Farmers Market sets up at 603 Pioneer Ave in Oakland, a Pottawattamie County town in southwest Iowa. Local growers bring seasonal produce and homemade goods for area shoppers during the outdoor market season.

Gathers at 103 S 12th Street in Blair on Saturday mornings, with as many as 25 vendors at peak season. Local growers bring vegetables, fruit, flowers, homemade pies, jellies, and jams, plus eggs, cheese, honey, and meat. Everything is grown or made locally. The season runs May through October, 8 a.m. to noon.

Avoca

Avoca Main Street Market sets up at Walnut and West High in this Pottawattamie County town in southwest Iowa, not far from the Loess Hills running along the Missouri River valley. It's a Main Street market in the literal sense — area growers selling out of a small downtown rather than a fairgrounds or parking-lot setup.