Farmers Markets near Sioux City, IA

Sioux City

Sioux City's downtown market runs Wednesdays and Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., from the first Saturday in May through the last Saturday in October, near the Tyson Events Center on Pearl Street. Buy Fresh Buy Local - Siouxland, a local nonprofit, organizes more than 64 vendors selling fresh-picked produce, baked goods, flowers, and prepared food, drawing about 2,600 shoppers on a typical Saturday.

Sioux City

Main Street and Pearl Street Moville

Moville's market runs outdoors at the corner of Main and Pearl downtown, a small Woodbury County crossroads market drawing vendors from the surrounding farm country. Organizers have brought in a kids' smoothie bike that blends fruit by pedal power, a hands-on touch you won't find at bigger city markets. Check the market's Facebook page for the current week's vendor lineup and hours.

Area growers gather at 119 W 3rd Street in Ponca, the seat of Dixon County in Nebraska's far northeast corner, a few miles from the Missouri River and Ponca State Park. Expect seasonal garden produce, eggs, and baked goods from Dixon County farms and gardeners through the summer.

Elk Point

The Elk Point Farmers' Market gathers local growers at 106 W Pleasant St in this small Union County town near the Iowa and Nebraska lines in far southeast South Dakota. Detailed hours are not well documented online, but area markets typically run from late spring through fall with garden produce, eggs, and baked goods.

Akron Farmers Market sets up where Highway 12 meets Big Sioux River Road, on the Iowa side of the river dividing the state from South Dakota and Nebraska in the far northwest corner of Plymouth County. It's a small border-town market rather than a destination event. Iowa's outdoor market season generally runs May through October, with tables fullest during the peak growing months of July and August.

Le Mars

Le Mars Area Farmers' Market sets up at 1st Avenue and 1st Street NE in Le Mars, the self-declared Ice Cream Capital of the World and home to Wells Enterprises' Blue Bunny plant. Plymouth County farm country surrounds the town, and the market draws growers from that base through the summer season.