
Area farmers markets
Submitted by Melissa Gilman on September 3, 2008 - 11:19am.
Compiled by writer Shannon Fiecke
On the Web: for a full list of farmers markets and a directory of locally grown food, see www.minnesotagrown.com.
Shakopee
When: 1 to 7 p.m. Thursdays through November
Where: American Legion, 1266 First Avenue East
Phone: (612) 226-5348
Prior Lake
When: 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays, May thru October
Where downtown Prior Lake
Phone: (952) 447-0263
New Prague
When: 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays, mid-May to October, and 3 to 6 p.m. Wednesdays, starting in mid-June
Where Parking lot of Community Baptist Church, 500 County Road 37
Phone: (952) 758-3717
Burnsville
When: 7 a.m. to noon Saturdays, June 21 to October 25
Where: Diamondhead Senior Campus (Burnsville Parkway and Pleasant Avenue).
Phone: (651) 227-8101
Web: www.stpaulfarmersmarket.com
Burnsville
When: Thursdays, noon to 5 p.m. June 19 to July 31; 4 to 7 p.m. Aug. 7 to Oct. 23
Where: Burnsville Senior Campus (200 E. Burnsville Parkway)*
Phone: (651) 227-8101
Web: www.stpaulfarmersmarket.com
* New location for 2008 season only. In 2009, market will be back at Mary, Mother of the Church
Lakeville
When: noon to 5 p.m. Wednesdays, June 18 to Oct. 29
Where: 208th Street West and Holyoke Avenue
Web: www.stpaulfarmersmarket.com
Apple Valley
Where: 7100 West 147th St.
When: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays, June 21 to Oct. 25
Phone: (651) 227-8101
Web: www.stpaulfarmersmarket.com
Savage
When: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sundays, June 22 to Oct. 12
Where: 123rd Street and Highway 13, Savage
Phone: (651) 227-8101
Web: www.stpaulfarmersmarket.com
Hopkins
When: 7:30 a.m. to noon Saturdays, June 21 to Oct. 25
Where: downtown Hopkins on Ninth Avenue, one-half block south of the main street clock tower, next to downtown park
Web: www.mfma.org
Phone: (651) 442-4570, (763) 557-1335
SOURCES: Minnesota Department of Agriculture, St. Paul Farmers Market, Sheila Stanton
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