Farmers Markets near Iowa City, IA

Iowa City

Field to Family works to create a more local, healthy and sustainable community-based food system in the Iowa City/ Cedar Rapids region. Field to Family is a nonprofit local food hub offering farm to school education, serving multiple school districts, the University of Iowa, food access agencies, local businesses and other institutions in east central Iowa as well as individual residents and households by increasing access to- and demand for- healthy and local foods. The organization works in partnership with 30+ food service professionals, 60+ local farmers and value - added agricultural enterprises to procure, store, promote and deliver locally-grown foods and food products while ensuring food safety, freshness and quality.

Iowa City Farmers Market runs at 460 E. Washington Street in downtown Iowa City, steps from the Pentacrest and the University of Iowa campus. A university town this size tends to draw a wide mix of produce growers, bakers, and prepared-food vendors to its market. Days and vendor lineups shift with the season, so check locally for the current schedule.

Sycamore Mall Farmers Market fills the parking lot at 1660 Sycamore Street in Iowa City. Growers from the surrounding Johnson County countryside sell seasonal produce direct to shoppers on the city's south side.

Coralville Farmers Market sets up on 7th Street in this Johnson County city that shares the Iowa City metro with its larger neighbor across the Iowa River. Coralville Lake and its reservoir sit just north of town, and the market draws both from area growers and the university-town foot traffic that moves through the metro all summer.

Mercer Park Farmers Market sets up at 2701 Bradford Drive on Iowa City's east side, a second, neighborhood-level market alongside the larger downtown Iowa City Farmers Market. Mercer Park is primarily known for its softball complex and pool, and the market runs on the same park grounds through the growing season.

Corner of Main and Downey Streets West Branch

West Branch Farmers Market sets up at Main and Downey streets in this small Cedar County town, birthplace of President Herbert Hoover. Local growers sell seasonal produce direct to area shoppers.

Kalona

Camp Creek Organic Produce farms 40 certified-organic acres of diversified vegetables near Kalona, plus a microgreen operation, and distributes what it grows across Iowa through its own food hub built around the line "it starts with soil and ends with you." Certification runs through the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship. Reach James at 319-936-6510 or [email protected].

West Liberty

West Liberty Downtown Farmers' Market sets up at 100 Spencer Street in this Muscatine County town, one of Iowa's few majority-Hispanic communities. Growers sell seasonal produce direct to local shoppers.

Mount Vernon-Lisbon's own market sets up downtown on Saturdays from May through September. Vendors bring fresh fruit, vegetables, herbs, plants, and honey alongside jam, baked goods, meat, soap, and handmade crafts. It's a small-town market serving two Linn County communities that share a school district and a Main Street, so expect goods pulled from farms scattered around both towns rather than one single strip of stands.

NewBo City Market is a year-round indoor market hall in Cedar Rapids' New Bohemia District, not a seasonal outdoor stand. The nonprofit building at 1100 3rd Street SE houses food vendors, retail startups, and an entrepreneur incubator program, open Wednesday through Saturday 10am to 8pm and Sunday 10am to 4pm. Farmers market vendors set up alongside the permanent shops on select days — more storefront than folding-table market.

Cedar Rapids

Amana Colonies Farmer's Market sets up on V Street in Homestead, one of the seven original Amana villages founded by the Community of True Inspiration in the 1850s. The Amana Colonies are a National Historic Landmark and one of Iowa's most-visited tourist stops, built on a communal economy before the 1932 change to private enterprise. A market here runs alongside the villages' long-standing furniture shops, wineries, meat markets, and bakeries.

Cedar Rapids' Downtown Farmers Market sets up at Greene Square on select Saturdays, 7:30 a.m. to noon, spring through fall. Local growers, bakers, and craftspeople line the 400 block of Third Avenue SE, and a "Market After Dark" version runs some evenings with music and food trucks. Downtown Cedar Rapids, the organization behind the event, can be reached at (319) 398-5317.

Amana Farmers Market sets up on 220th Trail behind the Lehm Book Shop in the village of Amana, the largest of the seven historic Amana Colonies communities in Iowa County. The village sits just off Interstate 80, and the market runs during the warm months when day-trip and tour-bus traffic through the Colonies is heaviest.

Collins Rd. & Council St. NE Cedar Rapids

Noelridge is one of several neighborhood farmers markets that Cedar Rapids Parks and Recreation operates directly, rather than leaving it to a nonprofit or chamber group. It runs seasonally at the Collins Road and Council Street NE corner in northeast Cedar Rapids. The city runs multiple markets across different neighborhoods on different days, so confirm the current location and hours with Parks and Rec before visiting.

Marion

Columbus Junction Community Farmers Market sets up at the fairgrounds off Highway 92 in this Louisa County town, built where the Iowa River meets the Cedar River in southeast Iowa. The junction gave the town its name and its rail history; today it's better known for its Tyson pork plant, and the market serves the surrounding farm families and plant workforce alike.

Springville

Springville Farmers' Market meets at the Cox Lake Pavilion behind City Hall on Broadway, in this Linn County town northeast of Cedar Rapids. Growers sell seasonal produce direct to neighbors through the market season.

Williamsburg

Williamsburg Farmers' Market sets up at 210 West State Street in this Iowa County town along Interstate 80, home to the Tanger Outlets mall. Growers sell seasonal produce direct to local shoppers.

Keota

Keota Farmers Market sets up at the corner of Broadway and Fulton in this small southeast Iowa town. Markets in towns this size are typically modest, a handful of local growers and gardeners selling sweet corn, tomatoes, and whatever else came in that week. Contact the town office for current market days.