2024 U of M Farmers Market

Twin Cities campus Farmers Market! Wednesdays July 10–September 25. Text is surrounded by illustrations of zucchini, red cabbage, onions, and apples.

The Twin Cities campus Farmers Market is back for the 2024 season!

Dates: Wednesdays, July 10–September 25
Time: 9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Location: Gateway Plaza (outside McNamara Alumni Center)

Come to the U of M Farmers Market for seasonal produce, flowers, and more from local vendors, as well as live music and events. See below for more information on vendors, musicians, and events. 

The Farmers Market is free and open to the public. EBT, cash, and credit cards are accepted. If you use EBT, please visit the check-in table to convert EBT to Market Bucks. Learn about Minnesota's Market Bucks program.

In case of severe weather, the market will be closed. 

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Farmers Market Vendors

Diction

  • Sells: Organic vegetables
  • Farmers Market dates: July 10–August 14

Floppy Ears Treats Co.

  • Sells: Fresh oven-baked dog treats with 80% organic ingredients
  • Farmers Market dates: July 10–August 14

GoGo Glam Household Goods

  • Farmers Market dates: July 10, August 7, August 21, September 25

Her’s Flowers 

  • Sells: Flowers and vegetables
  • Farmers Market dates: All

Kabomelette Food Truck

Lor Family

  • Sells: Seasonal produce as available, including tomatoes, potatoes, green beans, peas, cilantro, green onions, zucchini, sweet onions, beets, radish, lettuce, bok choy, broccoli, eggplants, brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celery, chard, corn, cucumbers, daikon, garlic, mustard green, colored green, gourds, jicama, kale, kohlrabi, leeks, okra, bell peppers, peppers, pumpkin, rhubarb, spinach, squash, and fennel
  • Farmers Market dates: All

MNmunchies/MNdreamArt

  • Sells: No-salt seasoning blends, teas, soaps, arts and crafts
  • Farmers Market dates: July 10–August 14

MyMake Ice

  • Sells: Sorbet freeze pops
  • Farmers Market dates: July 10–17, July 31, August 14, September 4–18

Peter's Pumpkins & Carmen's Corn

  • Sells: Seasonal produce as available, including apples, blueberries, cantaloupe, pears, plums, raspberries, strawberries, watermelon, arugula, asparagus, beans, beets, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, corn (sweet), corn (decorative), cucumber, eggplant, garlic, garlic scapes, kale, kohlrabi, leeks, lettuce, okra, onions, peas, peas, peppers, potatoes, pumpkins, purslane, radish, rhubarb, spinach, squash (summer), squash (winter), swiss chard, tatsoi, tomatoes, turnips, canned goods (jams/jellies, pickles, salsa, apple sauce, relish)
  • Farmers Market dates: All

PirkoPalooza

  • Sells: Earrings, stickers, clay figures, prints
  • Farmers Market dates: July 10–17, August 7–14

Straight River Farm

  • Sells: Apples
  • Farmers Market dates: August 21–September 25

U of M Bee Lab 

U of M Meat Lab 

U of M Student Organic Farm

  • Offers a 25% discount for U of M students with student ID on many items! 
  • Sells: Fresh organic produce
  • Farmers Market dates: All

Vanashree Ayurveda

  • Farmers Market dates: July 10

Vang Heritage Farm 

Veganwitt, LLC

  • Sells: Organic Leo cookies, Leo cookie mix, cornbread, cornbread mix, a husband's cake, a husband's cake mix, carrot cake, carrot cake mix, turtle ginger tea, Jamaica tea, sea moss gel, fresh pasta, herbal vinegars, herbal cooking oils, cookbooks, tea fusion blends, dried herbs and spices, spiced hunni
  • Farmers Market dates: July 10–August 14

Farmers Market Musicians, Events, and Exhibits

July 10

  • Musician: DC Duo (DC Duo website), 11 a.m.–noon
  • Event: Wellbeats yoga and stretching classes (sign up for a Wellbeats class)—earn 200 Wellbeing Points for each class! 
  • Featured exhibits: Personify Health, Wellbeats, RecWell, U of M Department of Public Safety, Hennepin County Library, Masonic Cancer Center, University Libraries, Sweetgreen (giving out coupons and prizes, not selling food)

July 17

  • Musician: MN Jazz Trio, 11 a.m.–noon
  • Event: Bakken Center for Spirituality and Healing “Qigong on the Lawn” class (sign up for "Qigong on the Lawn")—earn 400 Wellbeing Points! 
  • Featured exhibits: RecWell, U of M Department of Public Safety, Bakken Center for Spirituality and Healing, Sweetgreen (giving out coupons and prizes, not selling food)

July 24

July 31

August 7

  • Musician: Aleigha Glidewell, 11 a.m.–noon
  • Featured exhibits: RecWell, U of M Department of Public Safety, Fidelity Investments (at check-in table)

August 14

  • Musicians: Danaher and Nick Jordan (Danaher and Nick Jordan video), 11:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m.
  • Featured exhibits: RecWell, U of M Department of Public Safety, Hennepin County Library

August 21

  • Musician: TBA
  • Featured exhibit: U of M Department of Public Safety

August 28

  • Musician: TBA
  • Featured exhibits: U of M Department of Public Safety, Masonic Cancer Center (with inflatable colon), Sweetgreen (giving out coupons and prizes, not selling food)

September 4

  • Musician: Light of the Moon (Light of the Moon website), 11:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m.
  • Featured exhibits: U of M Department of Public Safety, Masonic Cancer Center, Personify Health, Lyra Health, Sweetgreen (giving out coupons and prizes, not selling food)

September 11

  • Musician: TBA
  • Featured exhibit: U of M Department of Public Safety

September 18

  • Musician: TBA
  • Featured exhibits: U of M Department of Public Safety, University Libraries, Hennepin County Library (for library day at the market)

September 25

  • Musician: TBA
  • Featured exhibit: U of M Department of Public Safety, Sweetgreen (giving out coupons and prizes, not selling food)