In the spring of 1994, a group of local farmers held a meeting to discuss starting a produce only farmers market. At that time, farmers markets featuring local farmers selling their produce had disappeared from local towns.

The few markets left may have called themselves farmers markets but it was in name only. You could find a multitude of items there but you would not find any real farmers.

To differentiate our market from those huckster markets, our goal was to create a market in which farmers would only sell produce they actually grew. No reselling of any produce. To reinforce the difference between the market we wanted to create versus the huckster markets in existence, we opted to call it a Growers Market. Read more.