Farmers Markets near Little Falls, MN

Little Falls

Little Falls

Rice

Tuesdays from June through October, 3:30 to 6 p.m., this market sets up at the corner of Main and Division Street in Rice. It's a small-farm market in the plain sense — growers sell direct to shoppers with no middlemen involved, mostly produce grown within the area. Check the market's Facebook page for the current week's vendor list.

Baxter

Baxter

Baxter Market sets up Fridays from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., mid-May through October, in the Westport Shopping Center parking lot between Pizza Hut and Keller Williams. About ten vendors rotate through as the season builds, including Stone Hill Farm and Thorson's Farm Fresh Produce, selling produce, buffalo meat, baked goods, and candles. It's one stop on the Brainerd Lakes Area Farmers Markets circuit.

Brainerd

Lakes Area Growers Market sets up at 1001 Kingwood St in Brainerd, at the Franklin Arts Center lot, running Tuesdays and Fridays from mid-May through mid-October. Vendors sell in-season fruit and vegetables raised within 50 miles of the market, plus bedding plants, honey, preserves, and homemade baked goods. Locals have voted it the top farmers market in the Lakes Area.

St Joseph

Every Friday from 3 to 6 p.m., May through October, this market at the Lake Wobegon Trailhead has connected St. Joseph shoppers directly with area growers since 2000, making it one of central Minnesota's longest-running markets. Vendors within a 30-mile radius sell eggs, cheese, meats, sunflower oil, mushrooms, maple syrup, honey, cut flowers, perennials, dried herbs and teas, artisan bread, and handcrafted soaps and pottery.

St Joseph

The winter counterpart to St. Joseph's Friday market moves indoors from November through April, setting up in the Fellowship Hall at Resurrection Lutheran Church, 610 County Road 2. It keeps the same 30-mile vendor radius and the same rule that sellers must grow or make what they bring — expect eggs, cheese, meats, maple syrup, honey, baked goods, and handcrafted soaps through the cold months.

Sartell

Mondays starting in May, 3 to 6 p.m., growers and makers set up near the Bernick's Arena/Scheels Athletic Complex in Sartell. Membership is limited to growers and producers within 40 miles of the city, which keeps the produce genuinely local rather than trucked in. The market also runs a winter version at the Sartell Community Center on select Saturdays through the off-season.

Sartell

Sartell's market doesn't stop at first frost — it moves into the Sartell Community Center for one Saturday a month, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., typically November, December, January, March, and April, skipping February. Vendors are the same growers and makers who show up for the Monday summer market, all sourced within 40 miles of the city.

Sauk Rapids

Sauk Rapids Market sets up in the Coborn's parking lot every Thursday from 3 to 6 p.m., May through October. Vendors sell fresh produce, baked goods, snacks, and crafts, and the market accepts SNAP/EBT and the Farmers Market Nutrition Program. It's one of several markets serving the greater St. Cloud area.