Atlanta, Ga.: Farmers Markets

[kamille]

DeKalb Farmers Market
3000 E. Ponce De Leon Avenue
Decatur, GA 30030

Monday-Sunday 9AM-9PM
Contact: (404)377-6400

285 Farmers Market **CLOSED**
4020 Covington Hwy
Decatur, GA 30032
Contact: (404) 289-5102

[kamille]

HABESHA Gardens

HABESHA Gardens Complex
Dunbar Neighborhood Center
477 Windsor Street
Atlanta, GA 30312

(Mechanicsville neighborhood)

Sunday from 12 noon to 4 p.m.

"We invite people from the local community here, the immediate community but also from the greater Atlanta community ... to come out, work in the garden; learn, reconnect with the Earth and also be able to take food home with them after the harvest."

Read more: http://www.habeshainc.org/

[LandonE]

Does this farmers market have open spots for local farmers? I have friends in the Atlanta area that have onions and other vegetables on their farm. They usually sell it to local stores but sometimes have extras that they want to unload. How big is this farmers market and how often are they oepn?

[kamille]

Hey LandonE, I'm not sure of the particulars of the DeKalb Farmers Market, I'll try and find out for you. It's definitely the biggest Farmer's Market around town though. The ones on the south side of the city/ metro Atlanta area, which I haven't posted yet, are definitely open to local farmers. I will round up some more spots.

Two in-town ones that come to mind that I know are open:
Sweet Auburn Curb Market in the Historic Old Fourth Ward and the Decatur Farmers Market

Also, here's a group, like HABESHA, that your friends should definitely look into:

Truly Living Well
75 Hilliard St. NE
Atlanta, GA 30312
http://www.trulylivingwell.com