Beautiful weather, spiked with a little rain, has given us a long fall produce season of abundance at farmers markets.
Highlights include sweet potatoes, kale, all manner of late-summer, winter and even heirloom squashes (acorn to zucchini), greens (collard, turnip and mustard) plus bok choy, onions, sweet and hot peppers, onions, pie pumpkins, hydroponic lettuces and spinach, to name a few of the offerings you’ll find.
Not every item is available at every market. If farm-fresh local produce is your thing, go to markets with an established farmer presence, among them the White Rock and Vickery Meadow local markets, Coppell, McKinney, Dallas and Cowtown in Fort Worth.
Coppell will feature pears this weekend and possibly apples from one grower, plus organic vegetables and greens from Johnson’s Backyard Garden in Denton.
It’s also not too early to order Thanksgiving goodies and holiday gifts for the foodie on your list.
Kim Pierce
IN STORES
Stores have Texas pickling cucumbers, okra, herbs and mushrooms. Rio Star grapefruit is just around the corner.
FARMERS MARKETS
Saturday is the last day of the season for farmers markets at Ennis, Frisco, Keller and Waxahachie. For a searchable map of area farmers markets, go to dallasnews.com/farmersmarkets.
Coppell Farmers Market: 8 a.m. to noon Saturday. 768 W. Main St., off Bethel Road, April-Thanksgiving with scaled-back winter hours. 972-304-7043. coppellfarmersmarket.org.
Dallas Farmers Market: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday-Wednesday and 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday year-round except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s. 1010 S. Pearl Expressway. 214-664-9110. dallasfarmersmarket.org.
Fairview Farmers Market: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. Southeast area of the Village at Fairview, 201 Stacy Road, at Prairie Road. fourseasonsmarkets.com.
Four Seasons Market-Richardson: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. 677 W. Campbell Road, at Floyd Road. fourseasonsmarkets.com.
Frisco Farmers Market: Last week, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. or sellout Saturday. 6048 Frisco Square Blvd. friscofarmersmarket.com.
Grand Prairie Farmers Market: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, through Dec. 20. Market Square, 120 W. Main St. at NW Second Street. 972-237-4599. gptx.org/farmersmarket.
McKinney Farmers Market: 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at Chestnut Square Historic Village, McDonald and Anthony (park in the lot on McDonald). Adriatica location is closed for the season. 972-562-8790. chestnutsquare.org.
Vickery Meadow Local Market: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, through Dec. 14. Half Price Books, 5803 E. Northwest Highway. whiterocklocalmarket.org.
White Rock Local Market: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, through Dec. 13. The second and fourth Saturday of the month, it’s at Green Spot Market & Fuels, 702 N. Buckner Blvd. at Northcliff Drive, Dallas. The first and third Saturdays, it’s at Lakeside Baptist Church, 9150 Garland Road, Dallas. 214-319-7768. whiterocklocalmarket.org.
Sources include FreshPoint
