Farmers Markets near Franklinton, LA

The Paddock Farmers Market gathers every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Giddy Up Folsom, a coffeehouse and community meeting place in the heart of Folsom, Louisiana, with live music starting at 10 — bring a chair. The dog-friendly outdoor market brings together producers of homegrown fresh produce, prepared food, local art, and handcrafted goods, with the café pouring coffee and smoothies alongside the adjacent Far Horizons Art Gallery.

Covington Farmers Market runs twice a week — Saturdays 8 a.m. to noon at City Hall on North Columbia Street, and Wednesdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at North New Hampshire Street. Vendors sell locally grown vegetables, fruit, dairy, seafood, beef, wine, honey, baked goods, and soaps, with live music most Saturdays. The market runs year-round, rain or shine, a rarity on the north shore.

Abita Springs Farmers Market runs every Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., operated through the town of Abita Springs. Vendors sell locally grown produce, wild-caught Louisiana seafood, pastured poultry, boudin, honey, baked goods, and artisan crafts, with live music some weeks. The market gives St. Tammany shoppers a weekly source for seafood and produce without a drive into Covington or New Orleans.

Abita Springs

Abita Springs Art & Farmers Market meets every Sunday from noon to 4 p.m., rain or shine, in the town's historic gazebo at the Trailhead in Abita Springs, Louisiana, on the north shore near Lake Pontchartrain. More than 40 vendors sell local produce, wild-caught seafood, pastured poultry, honey, and baked goods, with live music every week and nature trails nearby for kids and dogs.