Farmers Markets near Sterling, MA

Lancaster

Boylston

Boylston Farmers' Market sets up Saturday mornings, 10 to 1, on the Boylston Town Common at 10 Church Street, a small green in the middle of this central Massachusetts town. Vendors bring baked goods, cheese, flowers, eggs, vegetables, honey, jams, meat, poultry, coffee, and juice, plus handmade crafts and soap — a compact, all-in-one stop that fills the common most Saturdays through the season.

Leominster

Local Food Works is listed at 325 Lindell Avenue in Leominster. The organization's old web domain no longer resolves to anything related to food, and no other listing or contact information confirms what this program currently offers.

Holden

Holden Farmers' Market sets up Tuesdays, 3 to 6:30, May through October in the Damon House parking lot on Main Street. It's a weekday-evening market by design, timed for the commute home, with locally made products and produce from area growers filling the lot each week.

Shrewsbury

Shirley

This open-air market sets up at 3 Parker Road in Shirley Center, historically running Thursdays — 4 to 8 p.m. in summer, shifting to 3 to 7 p.m. as fall days shorten. Worth calling ahead, since some listings suggest the market has gone quiet in recent seasons.

Westminster

Nestled in the heart of North Central Massachusetts, the Westminster Farmers' Markets continues to grow each year, bringing to you the best farmers, producers and purveyors of local agriculture and goods. Join us each week from May-October, rain or shine to stock your fridge, freezer, pantry and shop local artisans. Feed of the vibe as you feed yourself and family. Come be apart of something bigger as the movement to support local takes root. Each week the Westminster Farmers' Market brings to you live entertainment, from bagpipes to big band or blues, you'll be able to shop, sit and sip at the market.

Westborough

Reinvented by the Westborough Rotary Club in 2024, this Thursday market (2:30-6:30pm, June through early October) now sets up at Bay State Commons on the Town Green. Expect over 20 booths of locally grown produce, seafood, and specialty foods, plus live music every week. SNAP, HIP, and WIC accepted, with a free kids' and seniors' POP Club.

Gardner

Pepperell

Pepperell Farmers Market sets up at Town Field on Hollis Street, where local growers sell fresh-picked vegetables, grass-fed beef, cheese, eggs, and honey alongside a rotating lineup of artisans and musicians. Most vendors take cash and cards, and some accept SNAP, EBT, FMNP, and WIC.

Acton

This listing is Boston Area Gleaners, a nonprofit that harvests surplus crops left in the field after a farm's commercial pick is done and routes the produce to families facing food insecurity around Boston. Its food hub function handles the sorting, cold storage, and transport that turns gleaned produce into usable donations rather than compost. The organization estimates roughly a third of Massachusetts households deal with food insecurity, which is the problem the gleaning model is built to chip away at.

Hopkinton

Alternatives Heritage Market operates out of the historic Whitin Mill complex at 50 Douglas Road in Whitinsville, home base for the nonprofit Alternatives Unlimited and its ValleyCAST cultural programming. Details on current vendors and market days weren't available online — call ahead to confirm what's running.

Framingham

Set up on the Milford Water Company property at 66 Dilla Street, this Saturday market runs 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. from June through October. Vendors sell produce, honey, baked goods, jams, pickles, soap, and crafts, plus knife sharpening and the occasional food truck. SNAP and Senior WIC are both accepted.

Wayland

Concord Community Market sets up on the grounds of the Old Manse, the 1770 parsonage on Monument Street where Ralph Waldo Emerson once lived and Nathaniel Hawthorne later wrote — now a nonprofit museum run by The Trustees of Reservations. Farmers, artisans, and food producers sell alongside one of Concord's most storied addresses, steps from the Old North Bridge.

next to Kimball's Ice Cream Stand Carlisle

Carlisle Farmers Market runs Saturday mornings, 8 to noon, in the lot next to Kimball Farm's ice cream stand on Bedford Road, an easy pairing of a produce run and a cone. Vendors sell locally sourced vegetables, fruit, and farm goods, with most taking cash and cards and some accepting SNAP, EBT, FMNP, and WIC.

Petersham

Chelmsford

Chelmsford Farmers' Market runs Saturdays, 11 to 2, from late May through mid-October at 7 Academy Street, built around a mission of showcasing local, organic agriculture and connecting shoppers directly with the farmers who grow their food. It supports the town's economy and public health goals as much as it does the weekend grocery run.

Held at Choate Park on Oak Street, the Medway Farmers Market brings out local bakers and producers selling bread, cheese, honey, eggs, cut flowers, pickles, jams, sauces, and soap. It runs through the town's Parks and Recreation Department in season — call ahead, since the day and hours have shifted between years.

Nashua

The Nashua Farmers' Market operates at 65 Main Street in downtown Nashua, southern New Hampshire's second-largest city. Vendors bring produce, prepared foods, and handmade goods to the city center through the warmer months. A separate Main Street Bridge market also runs downtown. Check locally for current days.

The Main Street Bridge Farmers Market sets up at 53 Main Street in downtown Nashua, near the crossing over the Nashua River. Vendors bring produce, baked goods, and handmade items to the city center during the warm-season months. Check locally for current market days and the vendor lineup.

Natick

Lowell

Lowell

Community Teamwork has sponsored this USDA-authorized market since 1979, currently set up at 350A Dutton Street in front of the Hamilton Canal Garage. It runs Fridays, 1 to 5 p.m., July through early October, with local produce, honey, baked goods, prepared meals, and handcrafts alongside live music and cooking demos. Cash works everywhere; Visa, Mastercard, Amex, and WIC or senior coupons work at select stalls.

Lowell

Wellesley

Wellesley's market runs Thursdays, 2pm to 6pm, May through October, in the Whole Foods parking area on Washington Street. Area farmers bring organic and local produce along with specialty crops, cheeses, baked goods, and flowers.

Medfield

Medfield Community Market sets up Sundays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at 26 North Street, running May 31 through October 25. Local farms, bakers, and makers fill the tables alongside prepared-food vendors, and the market has become the regular Sunday stop for a town with no grocery-anchored downtown of its own.

Lexington

Billerica

Newton Highlands

Newton's farmers market moves indoors for winter, setting up at the Hyde Community Center, 90 Lincoln Street in Newton Highlands, from November through spring. It complements the outdoor markets at Newton North High School on Saturdays and Cold Spring Park on Tuesdays, carrying the same mix of produce, meat, fish, cheese, eggs, olive oil, baked goods, and flowers.

Burlington

Burlington Farmers' Market has set up on the Recreation Department's front lawn at 61 Center Street, a Thursday-evening open-air market running roughly June through October with local produce, artisans, and live entertainment. The schedule has shifted from year to year, so check current listings before visiting.