Farmer’s Market Season Is Here!
Wednesday, May 3, 2017
One of the benefits to living and working in a rural community like west Georgia and east Alabama: you’re geographically close to your food!
Spring is here and with the warmer temperatures come a bounty of delicious fresh fruits and vegetables that are now available at local farmers’ markets. Both the Cotton Mill Farmers’ Market in Carrollton and the new Highway 78 Farmer and Craft Market in Villa Rica offer a variety of seasonal produce, locally made food and hand-crafted products.
Cotton Mill Farmers’ Market
The Cotton Mill Farmers’ Market is open Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon, rain or shine, year-round. The farmers’ market is now located at 609 Dixie Street, just north of Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton next to the Keep Carroll Beautiful office.
Parking is located behind the market. Turn down Ambulance Drive at the light and park in the surface lots behind the market near the Tanner Security office. Do not park in the Haney’s Drug Corner spaces.
All of the vendors offer locally grown and made foods, produce and products. The Cotton Mill market accepts EBT/SNAP benefits and doubles their value. The market also includes Get Healthy, Live Well's Power of Produce (POP) Club for kids.
For more information, visit www.cottonmillfarmersmarket.org.
Highway 78 Farm and Craft Market
The Highway 78 Farm and Craft Market is open every Tuesday from 4 to 7 p.m., excluding holidays. The farm and craft market is located at The Mill Amphitheater at 106 Temple Street in Villa Rica. The market includes local fruits vegetables, flowers, garden plants, baked goods, handmade crafts and jewelry, local works of art and much more.
The market also includes Get Healthy, Live Well's Power of Produce (POP) Club for kids. For more information, visit https://www.downtownvillarica.com/programs/farmer-craft-market.