BUY LOCAL
The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services encourages you to Buy Local all year long. When you buy from local farmers, you get maximum freshness, taste and nutrition because your food travels far less from farm to table. Explore VirginiaGrown.com to locate farm fresh foods and beverages plus plants, gifts, wool and other non-edible items.
Additional Resources:
Eat Well Guide - Enter your zip code to find CSAs, farmer's markets, restaurants, and other sources of local food.
Retail Grocers in Virginia
Virginia Organic Directory
Virginia's Finest Directory
Christmas Tree Month Proclamation
Video(s):
Harrisonburg Farmers Market – Winter Market
Ten Dollar Buy Local' challenge to strengthen VA economy
Many Virginia Farmers’ Markets offer Holiday Markets with special events during the Holiday season. There is still plenty of Virginia Grown bounty available through the season including fresh Christmas trees, wreaths, fall vegetables, eggs, cheese, meats and more.
If you have a year-round market, please notify us by e-mailing Leanne.Dubois@vdacs.virginia.gov and we will add your market to the list.
Alexandria Farmers Market OPEN-AIR/YEAR-ROUND (Saturdays, 5-10:30 a.m.) |
Lynchburg Community Farmers Market 7 a.m.-2 p.m., Monday-Saturday, year-round. Green Market Wednesdays, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., May-Thanksgiving, featuring low spray, no spray and natural produce, meats and baked goods. |
Arlington County Farmers' Market OPEN-AIR/YEAR ROUND (Saturdays, 8-12, mid April-late December; 9-12 noon, January-mid April) |
My Manakin Market Holiday market |
Ashland Farmers Market Saturday, November 5, 19 and December 3, 2011 Renegade market on the first and third Saturdays through April. |
Port Warwick Mid Week Farmers Market Wednesdays through December |
Byrd House Market of WBCH Tuesdays from 3 p.m.-Sunset, through April Holiday greenery, grass fed beef, honeys and jams, chocolates and cider, turkey and rabbit, herbs and butter, chicken and pork loins, hearty bread and egg noodles, shrubs and perennials
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Rockbridge Farmers Market 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. |
Catawba Valley Farmers Market |
Salem Farmers Market Holiday shopping through December
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Chester Farmers Market Holiday markets |
Smart Market s at Fairfax Corner Year round, Tuesdays, Noon–3 p.m. |
Chesterfield Farmers Market Tuesday– Saturday 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. |
Smart Markets at Oakton Year round, Saturdays, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. |
Dale City Farmers Market Sundays, December 18, 2011 – March 25, 2012 |
Smart Markets at Virginia Gateway |
Emporia Farmers Market Open year round, Monday – Sunday 6:00 a.m. – 7 p.m. |
South Boston Farmers Market Open Monday - Saturdays through 3rd week in December |
Falls Church Farmers Market OPEN-AIR/SEASONAL (Saturdays, 8 a.m.-12 Noon, May -December; Saturdays, 9 a.m.-12 Noon, January-April) Check website for details. |
South of the James Farmers Market Saturdays 8 a.m. - Noon through December 3, 2011 |
Five Points Community Farm Market Open year-round. Wed. through Sunday. Wed.- Friday 11 am - 7 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. |
Spotsylvania Farmers Market Holiday Market: Dec 3, 10 , 17 |
Fredericksburg City Farmers Market OPEN-AIR/YEAR-ROUND (Monday-Saturday, 6 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Sundays, 12:30 - 4 p.m., Prince Edward Street side only) |
Tappahannock Farmers' Market |
Harrisonburg Farmers Market Holiday Market Winter Market |
The Farmers Market at St. Stephen's Indoor winter market on Wednesday from 4-7 pm through April |
The Highland Farmers Market |
Uptown Martinsville Farmers Market May through November, Mondays 5pm-7pm, Wednesdays 7am-11am, & Saturdays 8am-11am. |
Historic Roanoke City Market 8:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, although many Vendors use Sunday, Monday and Tuesday for planting, picking, and preparing items for sale. Holiday greenery and activities November-December. |
Virginia Beach Farmers Market Open year around, 7 days a week 10 a.m.- 5 p.m, Monday - Saturday, Sunday from Noon - 4 pm. Restaurant open 7 a.m. daily. |
Huguenot-Robious Farmers' Market at the Great Big Greenhouse Winter market starts January 7, 2012 |
West End Community Market Year Round Tuesday 3:00 - 6:00pm
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King George Farmers Market |
West End Farmers Market Thanksgiving market |
Lakeside Farmers Market Saturdays 8 am - Noon through December 31, 2011 |
Williamsburg Farmers Market Holiday Markets - Saturday, November 19, 26 and December 10, 2011 |
Lakeside Farmers Market Too Saturdays 8 am - Noon year-round |
Winchester Freight Station Farmers Market Jan-Apr: Tues and Sat: 10-1 p.m.; May through Christmas: Tues, Fri, Sat: 8-1 p.m.
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Leesburg Farmers Market Open year round |
17th Street Farmers Market Saturdays and Sundays |
The holiday season is now in full swing, and that means a trip to a Virginia Christmas tree farm to find your perfect tree. This cherished annual tradition is about much more than getting a tree. It’s about family togetherness, a day in the fresh air and the wonderful experience of spending time on a farm. Click here to view our photo gallery.
Your Guide to Virginia Grown Christmas Trees - An interactive tool to allow you to search by city, county, zip code or product along with other services and activities offered by each farm.
According to Home Economist Karla Seidita of Cheesecake Farms, Fauquier County, Virginia, you can save money this Thanksgiving by buying local products. “Root vegetables and winter squash are in season at Thanksgiving,” she says. “Check out the produce section for locally grown carrots, onions, butter nut squash, yams, acorn squash and more. Use them for salads as well as side dishes. Seasonal vegetables are an environmentally responsible alternative to the high cost of out-of-season, out-of-region, hot house grown tomatoes, cucumbers and green, red or yellow peppers.”Beef – Virginia Beef Industry Council
Apples – Virginia Apple Growers Association
Seafood – Virginia Marine Products Board