Eat to live!
Get your food from a local farmer.

10 Reasons to Eat food from your local Farmers Market

1. Fresh Flavors and Taste
2. Healthy Lifestyle
3. "Just Picked" Nutrient-Dense Produce
4. Local bakers, food purveyors, and artists
5. Support small farms
6. Fresh pesticide-free flowers
7. Seasonal eating
8. Connecting with your farmer the source of your food
9. No steroids or pesticides
10. Pasture-raised eggs and meat

Central Ohio Local Farmers Markets
and Other Sources of Good Food
Below find some great local sources for good-for-you foods.  All links open to a new window.




North Market
Downtown Columbus market since 1876.
59 Spruce Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
614-463-9664

Market Hours
Tuesday–Friday: 9am–7pm
Saturday: 8am–5pm
Sunday: Noon–5pm





Clintonville Farmers Market
Saturday Mornings in Clintonville Ohio
The regular market season runs every Saturday morning through October.  A special Harvest Market Day is November 17.


The vegetables and fruits at the market are harvested from local Ohio farms just hours before the market opens.  Come, meet the farmers who grow your food!  A list of available items is posted on the website every week, so be sure to bookmark their website.

Worthington Farmers Market
May through October 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Visit Central Ohio's largest summer street Farmers Market located in downtown historic Olde Worthington south of Rts 161 & 23 (High Street). The market opens on the Saturday before Mother's Day in May and ends on the last Saturday in October. The market vendors line Worthington's downtown sidewalks with displays of produce, plants, beef, chicken, pork, eggs, honey, maple syrup and homemade foodstuffs. Spend a relaxing morning strolling down the street shopping at your favorite vendor's vegetable stand, listening to the roving musicians, or watching famous chefs from the Worthington Inn prepare their favorite dishes on the Inn's porch.

All New Worthington Winter Market Schedule
Griswold Center
777 High Street
NW corner of Rt. 161 & High Street
Saturdays 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Special opening day, Sunday November 25 1:00-5:00, during the annual Holiday Open House

2007-2008
December 15
January 12 &26
February 9 & 23
March 8 & 22
April 12 & 26

Printable flyer for the winter farmer market...Olde Worthington Indoor Winter Market

 

List of Local Farmers


Flying J Farms
5329 Van Fossen Road
Johnstown, OH 43031
740-967-4030
www.flyingjfarm.com

The Flying J Farm has opened a market on the farm in the Garden Barn where you can purchase products grown on the farm. Some of these are seasonal while others, including, whole wheat flour, wheat berries,  spelt flour, spelt berries, grass-fed beef, and maple syrup are available year round.


Oink Moo Cluck (OMC) Farms
www.oinkmoocluck.com
614-207-6726

Our mission is simple - bring unique, all natural, quality meat products from the farm to the city. As our name indicates, we feature an array of pork, beef and chicken products. Our foundation begins with our animals; each animal is raised in a wide open environment. We ensure all our hogs, cattle and chickens mature naturally without the assistance of hormones or antibiotics. We feed each animal a well-balanced all-natural diet. This combination results in a lean and healthy product that tastes delicious.


Long Meadow Grass Beef
2365 Henpeck Rd
Utica, Ohio 43080
740/668-7705

Products
Totally grass fed and finished on grass

Farm Description
On 400 acres of rolling lush chemical-free permanent pastures we raise Angus and Shorthorn cattle by year around intensive rotational grazing. No grain, hormones, antibiotics or any chemicals. We sell packaged cuts year around and at Farmers' Markets in Mt. Vernon, Granville, and Worthington seasonally. Also freezer beef by quarters, halves, and wholes all year. We also value loving care of the animals and the environment. We sell retail, through Farmers' Markets and by delivery to surrounding towns.


Mockingbird Meadows Honey and Herb Farm
16671 Burns Road
Marysville, Ohio 3040
614-354-5162
www.mockingbirdmeadows.com

We are a small family farm specializing in products we make from the honey, herbs and heirloom vegetables that we grow.  We use no pesticides, fungicides or chemical fertilizers.  We are proud to offer simple, old-fashioned body, beauty and health products made with the "fruits" of our labor.  


Cedar Cress Farm L.L.C.
Safe, lean, naturally grown pork
740-389-5929
Email: bwixtead@tririverscc.org


Up the Lane Cattle
13053 Shipley Road
Johnstown, Ohio
740-892-9026

 

Sweet stuff local in Lewis Center...

Buckeye Chocolate House
Hand made chocolates made with premium Callebaut Belgian Chocolate
5971 Cheyenne Creek Drive
Lewis Center, Ohio 43035
614-282-6967
www.BuckeyeChocolateHouse.com