Farmers Markets near Muscatine, IA

Pearl City Farmers Market is Muscatine's second Saturday market, set up on West Second Street rather than the riverfront or mall lot where the town's other markets gather. Like the rest of Muscatine's markets, it runs the spring-through-fall growing season with local growers and food artisans selling direct off the truck. Three separate farmers markets in one Mississippi River town says something about how seriously Muscatine takes local produce.

downtown Muscatine Tuesdays- Muscatine Mall Parking Lot Muscatine

The Muscatine Area Farmers Market runs two locations each week from May through October: Saturday mornings, 7:30 to 11:30, at 3rd and Cedar downtown, and Tuesdays at the Muscatine Mall parking lot. Vendors bring fresh produce and handcrafted goods, and the Saturday market adds live music plus the occasional cooking or exercise demo. Senior and WIC nutrition vouchers are accepted through the state's Farmers Market Nutrition Program.

Muscatine

A second, smaller market in Muscatine sets up in the Calvary Church parking lot on US-61, open seasonally from May through October. Vendors here sell the usual fruits, vegetables, honey, and baked goods, plus a couple of less common finds for an Iowa farmers market: raw wool and locally made wine. It's a different crowd and a different lot than the downtown Saturday market across town.

Durant

Durant's market sets up at Pythias Park next to the fire station on 5th Street, a small-town gathering spot for area growers in this Cedar and Scott County line community between Davenport and Iowa City.

West Liberty

West Liberty Downtown Farmers' Market sets up at 100 Spencer Street in this Muscatine County town, one of Iowa's few majority-Hispanic communities. Growers sell seasonal produce direct to local shoppers.

Columbus Junction Community Farmers Market sets up at the fairgrounds off Highway 92 in this Louisa County town, built where the Iowa River meets the Cedar River in southeast Iowa. The junction gave the town its name and its rail history; today it's better known for its Tyson pork plant, and the market serves the surrounding farm families and plant workforce alike.

Corner of Main and Downey Streets West Branch

West Branch Farmers Market sets up at Main and Downey streets in this small Cedar County town, birthplace of President Herbert Hoover. Local growers sell seasonal produce direct to area shoppers.

Aledo Main Street Farmer's Market & Bake Sale runs downtown in Aledo, the Mercer County seat in northwestern Illinois, pairing produce vendors with a bake sale. Mail contact is listed as PO Box 209, Aledo, IL 61231. No vendor list or season dates are published online for this listing.

S. College Avenue Aledo

Aledo's Main Street Farmers Market takes over Central Park on the 200 block of South College Avenue every Thursday, 4 to 6 p.m., from mid-June through late September. Homegrown produce and fresh-baked goods anchor the tables, and Aledo Main Street — the downtown group behind it — often adds live entertainment to the evening.

Mercer Park Farmers Market sets up at 2701 Bradford Drive on Iowa City's east side, a second, neighborhood-level market alongside the larger downtown Iowa City Farmers Market. Mercer Park is primarily known for its softball complex and pool, and the market runs on the same park grounds through the growing season.

Davenport

Sycamore Mall Farmers Market fills the parking lot at 1660 Sycamore Street in Iowa City. Growers from the surrounding Johnson County countryside sell seasonal produce direct to shoppers on the city's south side.

Davenport

Quad Cities Food Hub runs a year-round CSA grocery and multi-vendor farmers market out of its River Drive location in Davenport, carrying organic produce alongside other local goods from area growers. It functions as a standing indoor market rather than a seasonal outdoor stand, open through the winter months. Call (563) 265-2455 for current vendor hours.

Rock Island

Davenport

Iowa City Farmers Market runs at 460 E. Washington Street in downtown Iowa City, steps from the Pentacrest and the University of Iowa campus. A university town this size tends to draw a wide mix of produce growers, bakers, and prepared-food vendors to its market. Days and vendor lineups shift with the season, so check locally for the current schedule.

Iowa City

Field to Family works to create a more local, healthy and sustainable community-based food system in the Iowa City/ Cedar Rapids region. Field to Family is a nonprofit local food hub offering farm to school education, serving multiple school districts, the University of Iowa, food access agencies, local businesses and other institutions in east central Iowa as well as individual residents and households by increasing access to- and demand for- healthy and local foods. The organization works in partnership with 30+ food service professionals, 60+ local farmers and value - added agricultural enterprises to procure, store, promote and deliver locally-grown foods and food products while ensuring food safety, freshness and quality.

The Indoor Farmers' Market at the Isle is held inside the Isle Casino Hotel complex on Lady Luck Parkway in Bettendorf, part of the Quad Cities riverfront. Taking the market indoors is a common move for Iowa vendors once the outdoor season ends, giving small growers and home bakers a stop through the colder months. Bettendorf sits directly across the Mississippi from Illinois.