There’s nothing better than grabbing a tasty coffee and walking around a local farmers market on a Saturday morning. Buying fresh produce, meats, eggs, local honey, and baked goods while supporting local farmers and businesses? Yes please!
Alice
The Alice Farmers Market Association seeks to establish a consistent and visible monthly farmer market in Alice, Texas in order for local producers to sell their product to the public.
Where: 2nd Saturday of the month, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm at 1250 East Houston St.
What you’ll find there: fresh eggs, sourdough bread, pasture raised meats, handmade soaps, baked goods, fresh produce, and more.
Corpus Christi
Grow Local South Texas Farmer’s Market
The mission of Grow Local South Texas is to grow a healthy local community by improving access to, education about, and advocacy for affordable nutrient dense foods.
Where: Every Wednesday, 5:00 – 8:00 pm at the Art Center of Corpus Christi
What you’ll find there: an assortment of fresh, seasonal produce, meats, dairy, eggs, locally made foods, food trucks, and live music. All products were grown or made within 200 miles of Corpus Christi.
Fun Facts: SNAP EBT is accepted at every Grow Local farmer’s market! The Art Center of Corpus Christi also hosts a maker’s market at the same time.
For over 26 years the Corpus Christi Southside Farmers Market has offered the citizens of Corpus Christi a range of local, healthy, and handcrafted goods.
Where: Every Saturday, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm, 5800 Everhart Road, Corpus Christi, TX
What you’ll find: seasonal produce, meats, dairy, eggs, locally made food, and other locally sourced items
Fun facts: The Southside Farmer’s Market also hosts a quarterly craft fair to celebrate local artisans.
Where: Every Saturday night, 5:00 – 8:00 pm at London Square (1290 FM 43, Corpus Christi, TX)
What you’ll find: seasonal produce, meats, dairy, eggs, locally made food, and other locally sourced items
Fun Facts: The London Farmer’s Market hosts a holiday fair every December to support local artisans.
Kingsville
Where: Fourth Saturday of every month, downtown pavilion, 201 North 6th Street, Kingsville
What you’ll find: Locally grown vegetables and fruits, sourdough, eggs, canned goods, beef jerky, handmade items, plants, and more!
Port Aransas
The Port Aransas Farmers Market was started to bring nutrient dense food to the community, showcasing the best the Coastal Bend has to offer.
Where: Fred Rhodes Memorial Pavilion in the Dennis Dryer Municipal Harbor. Currently the market happens twice a year.
What you’ll find: Vegetables, meat, seafood, baked goods, and more.
Portland
Our mission is to provide Portland and surrounding communities with the opportunity to buy locally homegrown and hand-crafted items, as well as a fun, family-friendly environment for farmers and artisans/crafters to sell their products.
Where: The market is held the first Saturday of almost every month at 810 Houston Street. The market is NOT held in January, February, July and August.
What you’ll find: Handmade and home grown items like soap, jewelry, pickled items, fresh produce, meats, eggs, and more.
Rockport
Rockport Downtown Farmers Market
Where: The market is held the second Saturday of the month, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm at 105 S. Austin Street, Rockport.
What you’ll Find: Local produce, jams and jellies, pickled produce, fresh-baked goods, local honey, eggs, and locally raised beef.
Fun Fact: all items must be grown and made within 150 miles of Rockport.
Victoria
Where: Wednesdays and Saturdays, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm, in the parking lot of the Pattie Dodson Public Health Center on North Navarro, Victoria.
What you’ll find: Locally grown produce, eggs, meats, honey, homemade foods, and plants.
Fun Fact: This market was made an official program of the Food Bank of the Golden Crescent, and thus, a nonprofit, in 2016. One benefit is that farmers have the option of donating unsold produce to the food bank at the end of each market. SNAP/EBT can be used at this market.
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