Farmers Markets near Waterloo, IA

Waterloo

Downtown Waterloo's seasonal market sets up at Riverloop Expo Plaza along the Cedar River, a public plaza in the city's riverfront district. It gives area growers and vendors a downtown outlet during the Iowa growing season.

Waterloo Urban Farmers' Market sets up at 460 Jefferson Street in downtown Waterloo, a separate stop from the city's University Avenue market. Growers sell seasonal produce direct to local shoppers.

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Cedar Valley Farmers Market at Kimball Ridge sets up on East Ridgeway Avenue behind the former Covenant Cancer Treatment Center in Waterloo, the Black Hawk County seat and anchor of the Cedar Valley region along the Cedar River. It's one of several Cedar Valley-area markets, this one positioned on the medical-campus side of town rather than downtown.

Waterloo

Kimball Ridge Farmers' Market sets up at Kimball Avenue and Ridgeway Road in Waterloo, at the Kimball Ridge shopping area. Waterloo markets like this one draw from the wider Cedar Valley farm belt, and a shopping-center lot typically means easier parking and a longer vendor row than a small-town market can support.

University Avenue Farmers' Market sets up at 4000 University Avenue in Waterloo, along one of the city's main commercial corridors. Growers from Black Hawk County sell seasonal produce direct to local shoppers.

College Hill Farmers Market sets up on College Street in Cedar Falls, in the historic business district that borders the University of Northern Iowa campus. College Hill has been the neighborhood's commercial strip for over a century, and the market runs alongside the bars, coffee shops, and student foot traffic that already define the block.

Hudson

Hudson's market sets up at the junction of Highway 63 and Highway 58, in this small Black Hawk County town just north of Waterloo and Cedar Falls. It's a roadside outlet for area growers rather than a downtown event.

Janesville

Janesville Farmers' Market sets up on Main Street in this small Cedar Valley town outside Waterloo. Markets this size in Iowa usually run to a handful of tables. Home gardeners and a couple of larger growers sell sweet corn and garden produce as it ripens. Contact the town office or county extension for current market days.

Independence Farmers Market operates through the Buchanan County Extension office at 2600 Swan Lake Blvd. Iowa State University Extension offices coordinate vendor sign-ups for a lot of small-town Iowa markets, and this is one of them. Expect a seasonal, outdoor setup with local growers selling produce directly off trucks and folding tables through the summer months. Call the extension office for this year's schedule.

Oelwein's market runs twice weekly from mid-May through early October — Wednesdays 4 to 6pm and Fridays 8 to 11am — in the south parking lot by Log Cabin Park. It's one of the Northeast Iowa markets that accepts WIC, the Farmers Market Nutrition Program, and SNAP, which keeps the vendor mix leaning toward everyday produce rather than specialty crafts. Fayette County's growing season sets the calendar, not a fixed opening date.

Grundy Center

This market sets up on the Courthouse Square in Grundy Center, the Grundy County seat in east-central Iowa, giving area growers a central, walkable downtown spot rather than a parking-lot location.

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