Winter produce may not have the diversity of warmer months, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get hearty vegetables, fruits and locally made products at area farmers markets.
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Most farmers markets in metro Atlanta run from spring to late fall, but some operate year-round. Here’s when and where to find them.
♦ Atlanta
• Grant Park Farmers Market will have a winter market for the first time this year. It will be held at Eventide Brewing every Sunday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Freedom Farmers Market operates from Saturdays 9 a.m. to noon in January and February, and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. from March through December. You can find the market at the Carter Center, 453 Freedom Parkway NE.
• Morningside Farmers Market operates year-round on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Find them 1393 N. Highland Ave. NE.
• Emory University (now officially in the city of Atlanta) hosts a farmers market every Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Cox Hall Bridge on campus. The market is only closed when there are no classes.
♦ Fulton County
• Truly Living Well, a food co-op based in East Point, hosts its own farmers market each Wednesday from 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at 2757 East Point St. in East Point.
♦ Cobb County
• The Marietta Square Farmers Market operates year-round on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon.
♦ Gwinnett County
• The Suwanee Farmers Market is the only one in the county that operates year-round. Instead of occurring weekly, as it does in warmer months, it is held on the second Saturday of each month from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Suwanee's Town Center Park.
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