Farmers Markets near Springfield, MO

Springfield

Part of Springfield Community Gardens, this North Broadway market garden and food hub takes in produce donations for the Fresh Food Connect program. Home gardeners drop off extra harvest on Mondays and Tuesdays, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., and staff wash, process, and route it to community fridges around Springfield through local partners. It is a hub for getting fresh food to neighbors, not a retail stand.

This Springfield market meets at 208 South Glenstone Avenue, on the Great Southern Bank grounds on the city's southwest side. Ozark-region growers bring seasonal produce, plants, eggs, and baked goods to a convenient in-town lot. Summer fills the tables with southwest Missouri tomatoes, sweet corn, and peaches; fall turns to apples, squash, and pumpkins. It's one of several neighborhood markets serving the Springfield area.

Nixa

This Christian County market runs at the Nixa Assembly of God on West Mt. Vernon Street, just south of Springfield in the Missouri Ozarks. Growers bring seasonal produce, plants, and homemade goods to a fast-growing town on the Highway 160 corridor. The market keeps a website at nixafarmersmarket.com with current dates and vendor details. Ozark-region tomatoes, sweet corn, and peaches fill the tables as summer builds.

Ozark

The market sets up on the downtown square at 100 West Church Street in Ozark, the seat of Christian County south of Springfield. Growers from the surrounding Ozark hills bring seasonal produce, plants, and homemade foods to the historic square. Summer brings the region's tomatoes, sweet corn, and peaches; fall shifts to squash, apples, and pumpkins. The courthouse-square setting makes it an easy downtown stop.

A small market on South Commerce Street in Crane, a rural town in Stone County in the southwest Missouri Ozarks. Local growers and makers sell seasonal produce and homemade goods to the surrounding community south of Springfield.