Farmers Markets near New Haven, CT

New Haven

New Haven Farmers Market II is listed at 224 College Street, one of several seasonal markets tracked in Connecticut farmers market directories. Beyond the address and a general description as a source of seasonal local produce, published details are thin — check directory listings for current-year hours before making the trip.

New Haven

CitySeed runs this market on the New Haven Green at Temple and Chapel Streets, in front of City Hall, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekly from June 18 through October 29. More than 50 Connecticut farms, bakers, cheesemakers, and specialty producers sell alongside prepared-food vendors. SNAP and WIC are accepted, and CitySeed matches SNAP spending up to $10 a day toward fresh produce and seedlings.

New Haven

CitySeed's Hill Market sets up Fridays, 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., July through October, at the corner of Park and South Streets outside the Connecticut Mental Health Center. Vendors sell fruit, vegetables, dairy, baked goods, honey, maple syrup, and handcrafts, and WIC benefits are accepted. It sits blocks from Yale-New Haven Hospital, drawing hospital staff at lunch alongside Hill neighborhood residents.

New Haven

CitySeed, the New Haven nonprofit that runs the city's farmers markets, hosts this one at Russo Park on the corner of Chapel Street and DePalma Court in Wooster Square, Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., April through November. CitySeed's stated mission is expanding access to the local food system from field to shelf.

CitySeed runs New Haven's year-round farmers markets as producer-only events — everything sold has to be grown or made by the vendor selling it, no resale. The winter market moves indoors for the cold months while sister markets at Wooster Square, Dixwell, and Edgewood Park run outdoors the rest of the year. CitySeed doubles SNAP and Connecticut Farmers Market Nutrition Program benefits at all of its markets.

New Haven

A summer farmers market in New Haven's Wooster Square area, held at Conte West Middle School on Chapel Street, separate from the neighborhood's regular Saturday market at Russo Park.

New Haven

New Haven's Upper State Street market runs Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., spring through fall, at the corner of State Street and Mechanic Street with locally sourced produce and artisan goods.

New Haven

CitySeed's Edgewood Park market runs Sundays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., May through November, at the corner of Whalley and West Rock Avenues. More than 50 Connecticut farms and food producers sell produce, dairy, baked goods, and prepared food, with live music and cooking demonstrations most weeks. SNAP and WIC benefits are doubled on fruits, vegetables, and seedlings.

New Haven

CitySeed is a New Haven-based non-profit organization, working to bring fresh, and local, produce to New Haven residents.

West Haven

The East Haven Farmer's Market sets up on the Town Green on Main Street on Sunday mornings, running June through October. It's organized independently under a market master rather than run directly by the town, connecting residents with growers and artisans selling seasonal produce. Vendor and schedule questions go through the Mayor's Office.

Hamden

Fridays, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., June through October, the Hamden Farmers' Market sets up at Town Center Park on Dixwell Avenue. Vendors sell fruit, vegetables, baked goods, and crafts, with roughly half the lineup rotating out partway through the season to bring in new offerings. Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program benefits are accepted.

Orange

Robert Treat Farm, a family-run farm market and garden center on New Haven Avenue in Milford, hosts the Woodmont Farmers Market on its grounds every Wednesday from June through September. Vendors bring produce picked the same day, organic greens, cheeses, grass-fed beef, and fish straight off the boat, set up near the corner of New Haven and Merwin Avenues by Woodmont-on-the-Sound.

Milford

Seymour

Seymour Farmers' Market has run since 1995, started originally to support the town's downtown revitalization effort. It sets up at the Seymour Community Center on Pine Street with an open-air lineup of fruit, vegetables, honey, eggs, beef, pork, chicken, and crafts from local vendors, spring through fall.

Wallingford

Wallingford's market sets up on the Railroad Station Green at the junction of Routes 5 and 150, Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon, July through September.

Held Sundays, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., July through October, at 120 Bridgeport Avenue (Route 1) in Milford. Alongside local produce, the market features Connecticut-made arts and crafts booths and live entertainment.

Naugatuck

Naugatuck Farmers' Market gathers on the Green off Church Street every Sunday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., June through October. It's a straightforward open-air market of local produce and goods on the town green, with updates posted through the market's Facebook page rather than a standalone website.

Set on the grounds of the Dudley Farm Museum, a working farm preserved as it looked in 1900, this is the second-oldest continuously run farmers market in Connecticut. Saturday mornings bring local meat, honey, maple syrup, jam, baked goods, and handcrafts, with vendors set up among the museum's farm animals and outbuildings. A smaller winter market runs on alternating Saturdays from February through April.

Stratford's town-run farmers market sets up at DeLuca Field on Main Street, with an annual Kids' Day event drawing families alongside the regular vendor lineup of Connecticut produce and goods.

Bishop's Orchards has farmed the same land on Boston Post Road in Guilford for generations, and the retail market now sells its own cider, wine, baked pies, and pick-your-own fruit alongside a working creamery and winery tasting room. Pick-your-own runs from strawberries in June through pumpkins in October, and the farm also operates a CSA-style Farm Share program. Call the farm store at 203-453-2338 or the pick-your-own line at 203-458-PICK.

Trumbull

Trumbull's Thursday market runs at Twin Brooks Park on Brock Street, 4 to 7 p.m. from June through late September, then 4 to 6 p.m. into mid-October. Vendors cover produce farmers, bakeries, prepared foods, specialty beverages, honey, mushrooms, and pet treats, with most attending on a regular weekly basis.

Waterbury

Brass City Regional Food Hub is located on Mill Street in Waterbury, a city built on 19th-century brass manufacturing that still carries the nickname today. No verified details on this location's specific products, vendors, or hours were found online.

Waterbury

Brass City Market on Field operates at 359 Mill Street in Waterbury, a nod in name to the city's brass manufacturing history. Specific vendor and season details weren't confirmed in public sources; it reads as a neighborhood-scale market rather than a large regional one.

Bridgeport Farmers Market - East End sets up at 985 Stratford Avenue in Bridgeport's East End, one of several neighborhood markets the city has supported to bring fresh produce into areas without a full grocery store nearby. Specific hours and current vendors weren't confirmed in public sources.

Monroe

Monroe Farmers' Market has run on the Monroe Town Green since 2008, Fridays from 3 to 6 p.m., mid-June through mid-October, at the corner of Fan Hill Road and Route 111. Vendors sell CT Grown produce, ethically raised meat, eggs, and shellfish alongside prepared foods, and the market hosts local musicians and children's programs through the season.

Southington

The Southington Community YMCA runs this Friday market on the Town Green from 3 to 6 p.m., July through October. It's a CT Grown market, meaning vendors are required to sell what they actually farm or produce in Connecticut rather than resell.

Bridgeport

Bridgeport Downtown Farmers' Market sets up on McLevy Green at Main and Bank Streets, run by the Bridgeport Downtown Special Services District in partnership with Green Village Initiative, the city's urban farming nonprofit. It has run Thursdays from late morning into early afternoon through the growing season. Green Village Initiative can confirm current schedule and vendor details.

Bridgeport South End Fresh Market sets up at 877 Park Avenue in the South End, part of the same push to put fresh-produce access closer to Bridgeport neighborhoods without a nearby grocery store. Specific hours and vendor details weren't confirmed in public sources.

Durham

For more than a decade, the Durham Farmers' Market has set up on the Town Green at the Route 17/Main Street intersection, selling Connecticut-grown and Connecticut-made vegetables, fruit, honey, maple syrup, meat, cheese, baked goods, and Italian ice alongside handcrafted items and cut flowers. It's a certified farmers market with a winter offshoot at the United Churches on Main Street. Check with the Durham First Selectman's Office for the current season's schedule.

Black Rock Farmers Market runs Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., spring through fall, on St. Ann's Field at 481 Brewster Street in Bridgeport's Black Rock neighborhood. Vendors come from Bridgeport and greater Fairfield County selling produce, meat, seafood, and handmade goods, with live music most weeks. Entry is free and the market is built to be family-friendly.

Southbury

This producer-only market sets up at Southbury Town Hall every Thursday from 3 to 6 p.m., June through November. Everything on the tables is grown or made by the vendor selling it: plants, vegetables, fruit, honey, jam, maple syrup, olive oil, baked goods, and Connecticut wines. No resellers, no middlemen.

Ridgefield

The Ridgefield Farmers Market is a friendly, producers-only market on the Jesse Lee Greens — the site of the town's original green on historic Main Street in Ridgefield, Connecticut. Every Saturday from 10 to 1, late June through early October, a curated lineup of growers and makers brings organic farm-fresh produce, baked goods, and specialty items with live music and family activities.

Watertown

Watertown's Saturday market runs 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., July through September, at 470 Main Street near the library. Vendors sell produce, meats, baked goods, and crafts, and the market notes that many, though not all, of its fruits and vegetables are grown without chemicals.

Bristol

Bristol Farmers' Market runs downtown at the corner of North Main Street and Riverside Avenue, in the area locally known as "The Patch." Specific season dates and current vendor lineup weren't confirmed beyond the location.

Newtown

Real Food CT grows produce and gleans surplus from about 30 regional farms across two Newtown sites — Sticks and Stones Farm at 171 Huntingtown Road and the Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary at 8 Commerce Road — then delivers it to local food pantries and hunger relief groups. The Huntingtown Road farm stand runs mornings, 9 to noon. Volunteers do most of the planting and harvesting.

Plainville

Plainville Farmers' Market runs spring through fall at 47 Robert Holcomb Way, with vendors selling fresh produce, dairy, and handmade goods. Listings describe hours spread across multiple days a week rather than a single Saturday morning slot, so it's worth checking current listings before planning a special trip.

Berlin Farmers Market operates out of Hungerford Park at 191 Farmington Avenue, on the west side of town. Like many central Connecticut town markets, it runs seasonally with a rotating slate of local growers and food vendors; specific hours and current vendor list weren't publicly confirmed.

Brickwalk Farmers' Market sets up behind the TREK bike shop at 1189 Post Road in Fairfield. It's a small market along the Post Road retail corridor; specific vendor lineup and season weren't confirmed beyond that location.

Behind the TREK bike shop on the Post Road, the Fairfield Brickwalk Farmers Market runs Sundays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., through the growing season. Vendors sell produce, organic items where available, artisan bread, local honey, goat milk soap, and gluten-free baked goods — a compact market suited to a quick stop along the Post Road shopping strip.

Middletown

Middletown Farmers' Market runs Fridays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., from late June through the end of October on Union Green at the corner of Main and Pleasant Street. Several local farms bring produce alongside community organizations and prepared-food vendors, drawing a steady Friday crowd to the city's South Green area.

North End Farmers Market has run since 2008 at the corner of Main and Liberty Streets in Middletown, in front of It's Only Natural Market. Fridays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., June through October, the North End Action Team runs a market that accepts SNAP, WIC, and Senior FMNP, with market info posted in both English and Spanish.

This Saturday market occupies the Greenfield Hill Commons at 75 Hillside Road in Fairfield, roughly 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., May through October. Connecticut farms supply the produce, and local bakers and herb growers round out the stalls. The neighboring Greenfield Liquor Shop has sponsored the market for years, and it runs rain or shine.

Fairfield

Billed as the longest-running farmers market in Fairfield, this Saturday market sets up at 75 Hillside Road, between Hillside and Bronson Roads, from May through late October, 10 a.m. to about 1 p.m. Vendors bring Connecticut produce, baked goods, salsas, and herbs to the Greenfield Hill Commons shopping area. It's also known locally as the Greenfield Hill Farmers Market.

Fairfield

This is the summer-season market on Hillside Road in Fairfield's Greenfield Hill section, running Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., May through late October. Vendors sell Connecticut produce, baked goods, salsas, and fresh herbs at 75 Hillside Road, between Hillside and Bronson Roads — the same address that hosts the town's other Hillside Road market listings.

A winter, indoor farmers market held at the Greenfield Hill Grange Hall on Hillside Road in Fairfield, distinct from the town's outdoor Greenfield Hill Farmers Market that runs Saturdays outdoors from May through October.

Thomaston

Thomaston's market sets up in Seth Thomas Park on South Main Street every Thursday, 2:30 to 6 p.m., from July through October, with local produce and goods from Connecticut farms and makers.

New Britain

New Britain Farmers' Market runs Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., July through October, at 109 North Street. Shoppers find organic food, produce, and crafts from Connecticut growers, and the city runs a separate Main Street Market on Wednesdays at Central Park June through October as well.

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Cromwell Farmers Market sets up at 1 River Road, near the Connecticut River in this Middlesex County town. Specific vendor lineup and season dates weren't confirmed in public sources.

Higganum

Wednesdays, 4:30 to 7:30 p.m., June through mid-September, the Higganum Village Farmers' Market sets up on the town green in this Haddam village. Vendors sell Connecticut-grown produce, eggs, meat, baked goods, honey, herbs, and cut flowers. It's a community market for the Higganum section of Haddam rather than a countywide draw.

About 25 vendors set up on the Hill-Stead Museum's 152-acre grounds at 35 Mountain Road in Farmington, selling organic and heirloom vegetables, naturally raised beef, pork, lamb, and poultry, Connecticut-landed seafood, farmstead cheese, bread, and jam. The museum itself is a Colonial Revival estate with an Impressionist art collection — combine the market with a walk through the grounds.

Newington

Newington Farmers' Market runs twice a week at Market Square — Thursdays 3 to 6 p.m. and Saturdays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. — from late June through October. It sits in the middle of a small shopping center, making it an easy stop for produce and baked goods on either a weekday or weekend errand run.

Morris

A newer Sunday market at SouthFarms on Higbie Road, running 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. from June through November. It was built around the idea of farmers helping other area farmers and local artisans connect directly with buyers rather than through a middleman market operator.

Bethel

Bethel Farmers' Market sets up at 67 Stony Hill Road, along Route 6 heading toward Danbury. It's one of the smaller weekly markets in Fairfield County; exact season dates and current vendor lineup weren't confirmed in public listings.

Chester

Chester Summer Sunday Market runs on Ridge Road in Chester, a small Connecticut River valley town known for its arts scene. As the name suggests, it's a summer-season Sunday market; specific vendor details weren't confirmed in public sources.

A winter-season farmers market held at 399 Post Road West in Westport, at the Whole Foods Market location, running through the cold months when most outdoor Connecticut markets are closed.

An indoor, evening farmers market held at 399 Post Road West in Westport (the Whole Foods Market lot), running spring through fall with roughly 30 vendors selling fresh produce, baked goods, plants and flowers, honey, prepared foods, and artisan goods. EBT/SNAP and WIC are accepted.