Apr. 9 to Oct. 29
Wednesday: 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Seasonal Hours
Athens Farmers Market Downtown
About This Market
The Athens Farmers Market fosters a dynamic economic and educational connection between community members, farmers, and artisans by providing a marketplace for food grown locally using sustainable farming methods and for locally produced hand crafted goods and prepared foods.
Since 2008, local farmers, artists, and makers have gathered together each week to provide our community with naturally grown produce, organic prepared foods, handmade arts, and beautiful flowers. The Athens Farmers Market is a community gathering space - allowing market-goers to connect with their farmer, local craftsfolk, and one another. As a community, we have countless shared memories of enjoying live music, meeting new neighbors, and watching our kids grow together.
AFM works to increase access to local food by providing an opportunity for the community to directly purchase produce from the hands that grew it. To ensure this opportunity is available to the whole community, the Athens Farmers Market hosts two programs to increase the affordability of local food. First, we match SNAP dollars at our market! That means $1 = $2 to buy fruits and veggies! We also have FARMRx, which is our produce prescription program that provides whole families in the Athens community with local food and nutrition education. Last year, AFM provided over 50k of free produce to our community! Not only do these programs increase the affordability of fresh produce, but they support the livelihood of our local farmers.
Interesting Facts
The Athens Farmers Market offers SNAP doubling and FARMRx programs to increase food access. They also host live music and children's activities.