Colby Jones, left, from Perryville, hands over a bag of produce to Vicki D'harlingue, from Wildwood, on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, at the Wildwood Farmers Market. Vendors at the market sell produce, flowers, handmade items, honey, and other locally sourced goods.
Zachary Linhares, Post-Dispatch
Glenn and Trich Senter, left, from Defiance, speak with Kelly Rush, from Wildwood, at their artisan wood working stand on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, at the Wildwood Farmers Market in Wildwood. Vendors at the market sell produce, flowers, handmade items, honey, and other locally sourced goods.
Zachary Linhares, Post-Dispatch
Michael Schlegel, left, from Wildwood, interacts with customers while Jean Jones, right, from Des Peres, speaks with Becky Boomer, middle, from Wildwood, at her salsa stand at the Wildwood Farmers Market on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, Wildwood. Vendors at the market sell produce, flowers, handmade items, honey, and other locally sourced goods.
Zachary Linhares, Post-Dispatch
Chad Hamilton, from Harden, Ill., bags vegetables as Carla Holtmann, Valley Park, picks through a stack of tomatoes on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, at the Wildwood Farmers Market in Wildwood. Vendors at the market sell produce, flowers, handmade items, honey, and other locally sourced goods.
For the freshest produce you can find, you have to go to the source — the farmers themselves.
That's easy if you're a farmer or you live where there are a lot of farms. If not, don't worry — the farmers will come to you. All you have to do is stop by your nearest farmers market and they will be there, happy to sell you their best blueberries and biscuits, peaches and pies, rhubarb and raspberries and radishes.
And soap. Lots and lots of soap. If you go to a farmers market this season, there is a good chance you'll come back very, very clean.
Here's where you can find nearly 40 of 'em:
One of the biggest markets in the area, the Lake Saint Louis Farmers Market features live music and about 100 vendors every Saturday morning in season.
We may be landlocked, but there are still plenty of places to get out onto the water.
Colby Jones, left, from Perryville, hands over a bag of produce to Vicki D'harlingue, from Wildwood, on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, at the Wildwood Farmers Market. Vendors at the market sell produce, flowers, handmade items, honey, and other locally sourced goods.
Glenn and Trich Senter, left, from Defiance, speak with Kelly Rush, from Wildwood, at their artisan wood working stand on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, at the Wildwood Farmers Market in Wildwood. Vendors at the market sell produce, flowers, handmade items, honey, and other locally sourced goods.
Michael Schlegel, left, from Wildwood, interacts with customers while Jean Jones, right, from Des Peres, speaks with Becky Boomer, middle, from Wildwood, at her salsa stand at the Wildwood Farmers Market on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, Wildwood. Vendors at the market sell produce, flowers, handmade items, honey, and other locally sourced goods.
Chad Hamilton, from Harden, Ill., bags vegetables as Carla Holtmann, Valley Park, picks through a stack of tomatoes on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, at the Wildwood Farmers Market in Wildwood. Vendors at the market sell produce, flowers, handmade items, honey, and other locally sourced goods.
