Farmers Markets near Roanoke, VA

Roanoke

LEAP (Local Environmental Agriculture Project) is a Roanoke nonprofit that connects local farmers with shoppers across the city. It runs the West End Farmers Market on Tuesdays (3-6), the Grandin Village Market on Saturdays (8-12), a roving LEAP Mobile Market, a community store, and farm-share and food-hub programs. SNAP, WIC, Virginia Fresh Match, and Market Bucks stretch benefit dollars on fresh produce. Call (540) 632-1360; find them at 1027 Patterson Ave SW.

Roanoke

The open-air Roanoke City Market fills Market Square in downtown Roanoke, southwest Virginia's largest city in the Blue Ridge. It ranks among the oldest continuously operating public markets in the state, running since the 1880s. Farm stalls sell produce, flowers, and plants alongside the City Market Building and downtown shops.

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This is the historic market district at Market Square in downtown Roanoke, where vendor stalls line the streets around the restored City Market Building. Roanoke grew as a railroad hub, and the surrounding blocks keep their early-1900s storefronts. Local farmers and craft sellers work the square through the week in season.

Open since 1882, the Historic Roanoke City Market is one of Virginia's oldest continuously operating open-air markets, on Market Street SE in downtown Roanoke. Stalls run seven days a week year-round, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., though most farm vendors set up Friday and Saturday mornings. Expect local produce, flowers and plants, meats, cheeses, baked goods, and handmade crafts.

Roanoke

Roanoke

Roanoke

The Vinton Farmers' Market operates from a downtown pavilion at 311 South Pollard Street in Vinton, a town in Roanoke County within the Roanoke Valley. One of the region's longer-running markets, it sits in a covered municipal structure a short drive from downtown Roanoke. Southwest Virginia growers bring produce, plants, and prepared foods through the season. Confirm current market days and hours before visiting.

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Catawba

Held each Thursday at the Catawba Community Center, this seasonal market requires all foods and handicrafts to be grown or produced within 100 miles of the market, with most coming from just a few miles away.

Intersection of Booker T. Washington Hwy Enterprise Lane Hardy

The Westlake Farmers Market runs near Booker T. Washington Highway and Enterprise Lane in Hardy, at the Westlake commercial area on the north side of Smith Mountain Lake in Franklin County. The lake draws seasonal residents and visitors, and the market serves that community with produce and local goods. The nearby Booker T. Washington National Monument marks the highway. Confirm current market days before visiting the lake area.

Rocky Mount

Citizens Square in downtown Rocky Mount hosts this market on Franklin Street, the seat of Franklin County in the Blue Ridge foothills between Roanoke and Smith Mountain Lake. Area growers bring produce, eggs, meats, and baked goods through the season. Rocky Mount sits along the Crooked Road music trail, and the market ties into the town's revived Main Street.

Rocky Mount

Shawsville Farmers Market runs on Alleghany Spring Road in Shawsville, a Montgomery County community in the New River Valley east of Christiansburg. The Appalachian valley farms around town supply seasonal vegetables, fruit, eggs, and baked goods. Markets here run through southwest Virginia's spring-to-fall growing months.

Moneta

EcoFriendly Foods is listed at Stony Fork Road in Moneta, in Bedford County near Smith Mountain Lake. The name traces to a Virginia pasture-raised meat operation, though its website is no longer active. Given the uncertain status, contact the listing directly before counting on any products or market presence.

A seasonal open-air market in downtown Bedford, Virginia, on West Washington Street. This is the same central Bedford location where county farmers set up in season with vegetables, fruit, and homemade goods. The two Bedford entries likely point to one market; days and hours aren't recorded here.

Bedford

Bedford's town farmers market at 220 West Washington Street, in the Blue Ridge foothills between Lynchburg and Roanoke near the Peaks of Otter. Growers from the surrounding county bring produce, eggs, and baked goods through the warm months. Market days and hours aren't specified in this listing.

A farmer-managed market serving Bedford, the town below the Peaks of Otter in the Blue Ridge foothills between Roanoke and Lynchburg. As the name states, area growers run the market themselves. Only a Bedford post office box is on file, so shoppers should confirm the current market-day location locally.

The Blacksburg Farmers Market is a producer-only market at Market Square Park in downtown Blacksburg, where every vendor grows or makes what they sell within 50 miles. It runs year-round, Saturdays 8am to 2pm and Wednesdays 2pm to 6pm, with seasonal produce, ethically raised meats, cheese, baked goods, and crafts. The market accepts SNAP and Virginia Fresh Match.

Blacksburg

A producer-only market at Market Square Park, on the corner of Roanoke Street and Draper Road in downtown Blacksburg. It runs year-round, Saturdays 8am to 2pm and Wednesdays 2pm to 6pm, with every vendor based within 50 miles. Expect seasonal produce, ethically raised meats, cheese, baked goods, and crafts. The market accepts SNAP and Virginia Fresh Match.

This market runs on Radford Street in Christiansburg, a Montgomery County town in the New River Valley next to Blacksburg and Virginia Tech. Farms from the surrounding highlands bring produce, meats, eggs, and baked goods through the growing season. Christiansburg sits along the old wagon road west, and the market gives the town and nearby university community a local-food outlet.