Farms Near Alexandria, VA

The Fairlington market sets up at the Fairlington Community Center on South Stafford Street in south Arlington, near the Alexandria line. Regional farmers bring produce, eggs, baked goods, and flowers to this dense residential corner of Northern Virginia. Fairlington is a historic garden-apartment district from the World War II era, and the market gives it a weekend gathering spot.

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The ALIVE! Del Ray Food Hub gives Alexandria residents a free grocery storefront at 2601 Mount Vernon Avenue, where shoppers pick their own food, personal-care items, and cleaning and school supplies based on household size. It is one of two Community Food Hubs run by the ALIVE! nonprofit. Doors open Tuesday-Thursday 12-6 and Saturday 9-3, closed federal holidays. Call (703) 837-9300 or email [email protected].

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The Four Mile Run market runs on Mount Vernon Avenue in the Arlandria area near the Arlington-Alexandria line, along the Four Mile Run stream. It pairs farm vendors with local artisans, bringing produce, baked goods, and handmade work to a diverse, densely populated corner of Northern Virginia. The nearby Del Ray neighborhood gives the market a steady stream of walk-up customers.

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This Smart Markets location served the Huntington area along North Kings Highway, just inside Fairfax County near Alexandria's southern edge and the Huntington Metro station. It was one of seven neighborhood markets the Smart Markets network operated around the Washington suburbs, bringing regional farmers and food vendors to a dense, transit-served corner of the region.

Not to be confused with the Henrico market of the same name, this West End Farmers Market runs at Ben Brenman Park, 4800 Brenman Park Drive in Alexandria's West End. The park setting inside the City of Alexandria puts it in the close-in Northern Virginia suburbs near I-395. Regional growers bring produce and prepared foods on market days. Check the current season and schedule before visiting.

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Virginia Honey Bees sells 100% pure raw honey that's spun and bottled to order, along with cut comb, honey straws, creamed honey, and bee-balm lip and skin products. The Alexandria beekeeping operation also sells bees and handles swarm removal. Its lineup shifts with the seasons, and you can order online or find the stand at local farmers markets.

This Saturday market at Market Square, 301 King Street, has run continuously on the same site since 1753, making it the country's oldest farmers market held at one location. George Washington sent produce here from Mount Vernon. More than 70 vendors turn out at peak season with produce, meat, cheese, flowers, and baked goods, 7 a.m. to noon year-round, rain or shine.

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A Saturday-morning market on Market Square at 301 King Street, in front of Alexandria City Hall in Old Town. Running since 1753, it counts among the oldest continuously operating farmers markets in the United States. Growers and makers bring produce, cut flowers, baked goods, meats, and crafts to the brick plaza year-round, early morning through midday.

The Columbia Pike Farmers Market is one of Arlington's longest-running markets, held on Sunday mornings along Columbia Pike. It operates year-round, with local growers bringing produce, meats, eggs, and baked goods to the Pike's walkable commercial corridor.

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The ALIVE! West End Food Hub is a free, mini-market-style grocery storefront at 510-F South Van Dorn Street in Alexandria, run by the nonprofit ALIVE!. Neighbors check in for an ALIVE! Food Card, then choose fresh and shelf-stable groceries sized to their household — a family of four typically leaves with meat, produce, eggs, dairy, grains, and bread. Open Tuesday-Thursday 11-6 and Saturday 9-3. Call (703) 837-9300 or email [email protected].

The Kingstowne Farmers Market sets up at Kingstowne Towne Center off Kingstowne Boulevard, serving the planned Kingstowne community in the Franconia area of Fairfax County near Alexandria. Regional producers bring seasonal produce, breads, meats, and prepared foods to shoppers in this dense Northern Virginia suburb south of the Beltway.

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A FRESHFARM-run market at Welburn Square, 901 North Taylor Street in Arlington, across from the Ballston Metro. It runs Thursday afternoons year-round, with fruits and vegetables, grass-fed meats, pastured eggs, baked goods, and prepared foods like empanadas and rice bowls. The site doubles as a Market Share CSA pickup and hosts a monthly first-Thursday Mega Market.

FRESHFARM is a nonprofit based in Washington, DC, that works to create a more resilient, equitable, and sustainable food future. For 25 years, we have operated producer-only farmers markets in DC, Maryland, and Virginia. Our farmers market network is the third-largest in the country and the largest in the Mid-Atlantic region, providing economic opportunity to a network of 250 Mid-Atlantic farmers and producers and a community space to restore the vital connections in our local food systems.

Arlington's Saturday market at 1400 North Courthouse Road, one of the region's long-running producer markets in the Courthouse neighborhood. Vendors bring Virginia produce, meats, eggs, cheese, and flowers, with the market running most of the year. Exact hours aren't listed here.

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FRESHFARM is a nonprofit based in Washington, DC, that works to create a more resilient, equitable, and sustainable food future. For 25 years, we have operated producer-only farmers markets in DC, Maryland, and Virginia. Our farmers market network is the third-largest in the country and the largest in the Mid-Atlantic region, providing economic opportunity to a network of 250 Mid-Atlantic farmers and producers and a community space to restore the vital connections in our local food systems.

The Clarendon Farmers' Market runs at Clarendon Central Park beside the Metro station in Arlington. It operates as a producer-only market, so vendors sell what they grow or make, bringing Virginia and Chesapeake-region produce, meats, cheese, and baked goods to a busy urban village.

This listing represents the Fairfax County Park Authority's farmers market program, with the address at Green Spring Gardens off Green Spring Road in the Alexandria area. The county runs a network of producer-only markets across Northern Virginia where vendors must grow or make what they sell. Farms from the Piedmont and Valley bring produce, meats, eggs, and baked goods to suburban neighborhoods through the season.

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Cherry Blossom Honey is an Arlington-based honey label listed at a Clarendon Boulevard address in the Rosslyn and Courthouse corridor. Small near-urban apiaries like this bottle local Northern Virginia honey, sometimes sold through markets or online. Public details were limited, so reach out to confirm where and how to buy.

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Fairfax County runs this Wednesday market at Sherwood Regional Library on Sherwood Hall Lane in the Mount Vernon area south of Alexandria, roughly late April through November, 8 a.m. to noon. It is producer-only: every vendor sells what they grow or make from scratch within 125 miles. Expect produce, meats, cheese, bread, and cut flowers.

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FRESHFARM runs this Wednesday market at Central Place Plaza, 1800 N Lynn Street in Rosslyn, from early May through late October, 2 to 6 p.m. Around seven producers set up each week with conventional and certified-organic produce, pasture-raised meat, breads, fresh flowers, popsicles, ferments, and pickles. FRESHFARM operates a network of producer-only markets across the Washington DC region.

Rosslyn Farmers Market serves the high-rise Arlington neighborhood across the Potomac from Georgetown, at 1911 North Fort Myer Drive. The dense urban setting draws office workers and residents to shop from regional farms. Vendors bring Northern Virginia and mid-Atlantic produce, bread, and prepared food on market days in season.

FRESHFARM is a nonprofit based in Washington, DC, that works to create a more resilient, equitable, and sustainable food future. For 25 years, we have operated producer-only farmers markets in DC, Maryland, and Virginia. Our farmers market network is the third-largest in the country and the largest in the Mid-Atlantic region, providing economic opportunity to a network of 250 Mid-Atlantic farmers and producers and a community space to restore the vital connections in our local food systems.

George Washington University hosts this FRESHFARM market on the I Street walkway, steps from the Foggy Bottom Metro. It runs Wednesday afternoons year-round, and GW students can pay with their GWorld cards. Stalls carry local fruit and vegetables, pastured eggs, organic meats, farmstead cheeses, jams, and fresh-cut flowers, plus empanadas and sandwiches for a quick lunch. All FRESHFARM markets match SNAP, WIC, and Senior FMNP benefits dollar-for-dollar through FreshMatch.

Wednesdays bring this FRESHFARM market to 901 23rd Street NW, on the George Washington University campus a block from the Foggy Bottom Metro. It stays open year-round, shifting to 3-7 p.m. in the warmer months. Beyond local produce, pastured eggs, and farmstead cheese, vendors sell empanadas, sandwiches, jams, coffee, and cut flowers to students and office workers. FreshMatch doubles SNAP, WIC, and Senior FMNP dollars at every stall.

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A neighborhood farmers market on N. McKinley Road in Arlington's Westover Village, beside the Westover branch library and the small strip of shops along Washington Boulevard. Vendors bring Virginia-grown vegetables, fruit, eggs, meat, bread, and cut flowers within walking distance of the surrounding streets. The market pulls its crowd from the dense residential blocks nearby rather than passing car traffic.

A Fairfax County market at 6621 Columbia Pike in Annandale, inside the Capital Beltway. Northern Virginia county markets typically run one morning a week from spring into fall, with local growers selling produce, eggs, and baked goods. Specific days and hours aren't included in this listing.

Ronal Regan Building and International Trade Center

Capital Harvest on the Plaza takes over Woodrow Wilson Plaza at the Ronald Reagan Building, 13th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, on Wednesdays from 10am to 2pm, spring through fall. Local farmers and food producers sell seasonal produce and artisan goods, and the lunchtime crowd eats on the plaza while chefs run demos and samplings. Metro riders reach it via Federal Triangle or Metro Center, and the Reagan Building garage has parking.

Georgetown's weekly farmers market takes over Rose Park at 26th and O Streets NW on Wednesday afternoons, 3 to 7 p.m. Neighborhood growers and bakers set up beside the park's tennis courts and playground, selling seasonal produce, breads, and fresh juice. Ready-to-eat options include wood-fired pizza and tacos. The Friends of Rose Park help run it, and the season stretches from spring into late October.

This Ward 8 market runs on the THEARC campus at 1901 Mississippi Avenue SE, where FRESHFARM took over operations in 2024. The farm stand sells local produce, meat, baked goods, plants, and more on Saturdays through summer and fall. It's one of the few markets serving far Southeast DC, and it matches SNAP, WIC, and Senior FMNP benefits dollar-for-dollar. THEARC itself is a town-hall education, arts, and recreation campus.

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The community-run Ward 8 Farmers Market sets up at the Barns at St. Elizabeth's East, on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE, Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. from June into the fall. Alongside seasonal vegetables, cooks serve jollof rice, fish patties, burgers, and Maryland blue crabs. The nonprofit matches Produce Plus, SNAP, and FMNP benefits, part of its push for healthy eating in Congress Heights.

Two blocks from the White House at 810 Vermont Avenue NW, this FRESHFARM market runs Thursdays 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., April through November. It's built for the downtown lunch crowd, with wood-fired pizza, falafel, po'boys, dumplings, tacos, burgers, and cold-pressed juice sold beside local produce, grass-fed beef, pastured eggs, honey, and baked goods. McPherson Square Metro is a short walk. SNAP, WIC, and Senior FMNP benefits are matched through FreshMatch.

Dreaming Out Loud is a DC food-justice nonprofit that farms in Wards 7 and 8 and runs farmers markets, a CSA, and food-access programs across the city. Members get customizable produce boxes, and the group trains food entrepreneurs through its DREAM accelerator. It also runs catering and helped develop the Marion Barry Avenue Market. Despite the state field, this organization is based in Washington, DC.

Founded in 2009, this Saturday market runs 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 1819 35th Street NW, between the Glover Park and Burleith neighborhoods. Vendors sell fresh produce, meats, cheeses, flowers, and pastries, and a Kids' Corner offers free weekly activities with occasional live music. Recent listings show conflicting operating status, so confirm the current season before heading over. It sits along the Wisconsin Avenue corridor in upper Northwest DC.

The Marymount Farmers Market runs at Marymount University on North Glebe Road in north Arlington, serving the Ballston-to-Cherrydale corridor of inner Northern Virginia. Campus-hosted markets like this one bring produce, bread, and prepared foods to students and nearby residents on market days during the warmer months, a pocket of local farming in a dense urban county.

FRESHFARM's Penn Quarter market fills 8th Street NW between D and E, right in front of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, every Thursday 3 to 7 p.m. from April through November. Vendors sell organic produce, grass-fed meats, pastured eggs, farmstead sheep cheeses, crab cakes, empanadas, fresh pasta, cut flowers, and local beer and spirits. It's steps from the Gallery Place and Archives Metro stops. FreshMatch doubles SNAP, WIC, and Senior FMNP dollars.

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FRESHFARM has operated a market at the Department of Health and Human Services headquarters, 200 Independence Avenue SW, since its 2010 opening. Geared to federal workers and the surrounding Southwest offices, it sells local produce and farm goods on weekdays during the season. As at every FRESHFARM site, SNAP, WIC, and Senior FMNP benefits are accepted and matched through FreshMatch. Federal Center SW Metro is close by.

Franconia

Nalls Produce runs a farm market and garden center on Beulah Street in Franconia, inside the Fairfax County suburbs south of Alexandria. The stand sells fresh local vegetables alongside plants, mulch, and soil, and offers a Crop Share subscription for weekly produce. A pumpkin patch and seasonal events fill out the fall. It has long anchored this corner as a working produce market for local shoppers.

Running Sundays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. year-round since 2008, this market lines MacArthur Boulevard at 48th Place NW in the Palisades neighborhood. Small regional farms bring fruit, vegetables, herbs, flowers, meat, and eggs, joined by artisan bread, cheese, charcuterie, pasta, and street food like empanadas and paella. The Palisades Citizens Association runs it, admission is free, and street and CVS-lot parking are nearby.

FRESHFARM runs this Sunday market in the PNC lot off 20th Street NW near Dupont Circle, and it's the network's flagship, open since 1997. From 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. more than 50 farmers sell fruits and vegetables, pastured meat and eggs, farmstead cheeses, fresh pasta, cut flowers, and District-made spirits. The Wall Street Journal and Financial Times have both ranked it among the country's best markets. SNAP, WIC, and Senior FMNP checks all earn a dollar-for-dollar FreshMatch.

FRESHFARM is a nonprofit based in Washington, DC, that works to create a more resilient, equitable, and sustainable food future. For 25 years, we have operated producer-only farmers markets in DC, Maryland, and Virginia. Our farmers market network is the third-largest in the country and the largest in the Mid-Atlantic region, providing economic opportunity to a network of 250 Mid-Atlantic farmers and producers and a community space to restore the vital connections in our local food systems.

One of DC's oldest farmers markets, the Dupont Circle FRESHFARM market draws peak-season crowds to some 50 vendors selling certified-organic produce, artisan and farmstead cheeses, handmade dumplings, gluten-free baked goods, locally roasted coffee, and District beers and spirits. Washingtonian magazine credited it with teaching the city to love its vegetables. It runs Sundays 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. beside 20th Street NW between the Circle and Massachusetts Avenue.

FRESHFARM's CityCenterDC market is a Tuesday lunchtime market at the Park at CityCenter, 1098 New York Avenue NW, running 11am to 2pm from May into late October. Farmers and producers based within 200 miles bring seasonal produce, and prepared-food vendors like DMV Empanadas, Timber Pizza, and Taco Loco feed the downtown lunch crowd. It opened in June 2014 in the middle of the CityCenter development.

Set in the Park at CityCenter downtown, this FRESHFARM market gathers 18 vendors every Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., May through October. It leans toward lunch: wood-fired pizza and falafel wraps share space with local produce, artisan meats, cheeses, and handmade soaps. The location puts it among downtown DC's luxury retail blocks at 10th and I Streets NW. FreshMatch matches SNAP, WIC, and Senior FMNP spending.

Arcadia's Mobile Market is a farm stand on wheels that Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food & Agriculture launched in 2012 to reach DC neighborhoods short on fresh food, mainly Wards 7 and 8. The truck stops at schools, libraries, and rec centers stocked with local produce, herbs, pastured eggs, grass-fed beef and pork, milk, cheese, bread, and honey. It doubles SNAP, WIC, and Senior FMNP dollars. The Southern Avenue SE stop is one of several.

Springfield

A community farmers market in Springfield, Fairfax County, at the Spring Mall Drive site near Springfield Town Center and the I-95 interchange. Springfield anchors a dense stretch of the inner Washington suburbs, and the market gives commuters and residents in this heavily traveled corridor a stop for regional produce and local food.

FRESHFARM's Mount Vernon Triangle market sets up Saturdays from 9am to 1pm at Milian Park, corner of 5th and I Streets NW in downtown DC. Vendors bring regional produce, orchard fruit, grass-fed meats, pastured eggs, baked goods, cider, coffee, and prepared food, with bistro tables for eating on site. Like all FRESHFARM markets, it accepts SNAP/EBT, WIC, and Senior FMNP, and FreshMatch doubles federal benefit dollars spent there.

Mount Vernon Triangle

FRESHFARM's Mount Vernon Triangle market sets up Saturdays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 5th and I Streets NW, serving the residential blocks north of downtown. Vendors bring vegetables, meats, breads and baked goods, flowers, breakfast sandwiches, coffee, and fresh fruit. The Mount Vernon Triangle CID helps host it. SNAP, WIC, and Senior FMNP benefits are matched dollar-for-dollar through FreshMatch.

Seylou Bakery & Mill sits on N Street in DC's Shaw neighborhood — Washington, D.C., not Maryland, despite this listing's state. Jonathan Bethony opened it in 2017 as the city's first whole-grain bakery with its own in-house stone mill, baking bread entirely from grain grown by regenerative farmers rather than commodity flour. Eater DC and Food Tank have both covered the operation since.

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In front of the Reeves Center

A producer-only market where every vendor grows or makes what they sell, 14 & U runs Saturdays from 9am to 1pm, May through November, at 14th and U Streets NW by the Reeves Center. Tables carry handmade cheeses, grass-fed meats, eggs, vegetables and fruit, plus pickles, kimchi, kraut, breads, pastries, cider, and ice cream. Cut flowers and plants round it out. It accepts SNAP, WIC, Senior FMNP, and Produce Plus.

Eastern Market has anchored Capitol Hill since 1873, and its South Hall still houses butchers, fishmongers, bakers, cheese sellers, and produce stands Tuesday through Sunday. On weekends the outdoor Farmers Line fills with growers hauling produce straight from farms in Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and West Virginia, alongside more than 100 arts-and-crafts vendors. Find it at 225 Seventh Street SE. Saturday and Sunday run 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with a smaller Tuesday market.

Park Avenue by City Hall hosts the Falls Church Farmers Market, one of the longer-running markets in Northern Virginia and open on Saturdays through much of the year. Producers bring seasonal vegetables, meats, cheeses, baked goods, and plants to this small independent city between Arlington and Fairfax. The market is a fixture of downtown Falls Church and draws steady crowds from the surrounding walkable neighborhoods.

The Adams Morgan Farmers Market sets up at 18th Street and Columbia Road NW, where vendors sell certified-organic produce alongside eggs, cheese, meat, honey, grains, herbs, jams, and cut flowers. Shoppers also find fresh coffee, baked goods, and crafts. Most stalls take cash and cards, and some accept SNAP, EBT, WIC, and Senior FMNP. It serves the Adams Morgan neighborhood in northwest DC.

Anacostia High School Farm is a student-powered, nonprofit urban farm growing fresh, organic produce year-round using hydroponics. Our CSA connects the community to locally grown food while supporting youth education in agriculture, business, and sustainability. Every purchase is tax-deductible and helps train the next generation of food leaders.

Stanton and Alabama Avenue SE

This open-air market serves the Stanton Road area of Southeast DC, near Stanton and Alabama Avenue SE. Vendors carry produce, meat, eggs, cheese, honey, jams, flowers, plants, and prepared foods, including some organic growers. It's one of the neighborhood markets bringing fresh food to the blocks east of the Anacostia River. Online detail is limited, so check locally for the current day and season.