Celebrate National Farmers Market Week

  • Phyllis Lammon weighs green beans during a farmers market event before offering her fruits and vegetables to the community.
    Phyllis Lammon weighs green beans during a farmers market event before offering her fruits and vegetables to the community.
  • Farmers markets help families gain access to locally grown, healthy fruits and vegetables like these tomatoes, cantaloupes, onions and okra.
    Farmers markets help families gain access to locally grown, healthy fruits and vegetables like these tomatoes, cantaloupes, onions and okra.

    This week is National Farmers Market Week, and the Chickasaw Nation offers multiple ways to celebrate the occasion. The Farmers Market Coalition – the nonprofit dedicated to strengthening farmers’ markets across the United States – sees National Farmers Market Week as an opportunity to show the nation how much value farmers markets bring to their communities. Local markets preserve farmland, stimulate economies, increase access to nutritious food, support healthy communities and promote sustainability, according to the nonprofit. From apples and apricots to vegetables, including the “Three Sisters” (corn, beans and squash), farmers markets throughout Chickasaw Country are a great source of fresh, locally grown produce. There are more than 100 local farmers who offer the fruits and vegetables of their labor every week at various locations throughout the Chickasaw Nation. The current season of farmers markets within the Chickasaw Nation will continue until November. Visitors can select from a wide variety of locally grown fruits and vegetables. A variety of fresh cut herbs may also be purchased from farmers markets and farm stands. Farmers markets within the boundaries of the Chickasaw Nation include:

    TISHOMINGO

    Johnston County Farmers Market Main and Byrd

    (580) 371-5604 Saturday

    ADA

    Ada Gardeners Market 12th and Townsend Ada, OK 74820

    (580) 436-6300 Wednesday and Saturday

    ARDMORE

    Downtown Market 106 E. Broadway Ardmore, OK 73401

    (580) 490-1654Tuesday: 4-7 p.m. Saturday: 8 a.m.-noon

    CHICKASHA

    Chickasha Farmers Market 7th and Chickasha Ave. Chickasha, OK 73018

    (405) 224-2216 Tuesday and Saturday

    DUNCAN

    Duncan Market 2115 W. Beech Duncan, OK 73533

    (580) 252-8000 Sunday: 12:30-4:30 p.m.

    PAULS VALLEY

    Pauls Valley Farmers Market Santa Fe Depot Pauls Valley, OK 73075 1911 W. Plato Road

    (405) 238-3304 Tuesday: 3-6 p.m. Saturday: 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Valley Market 1800 Enterprise Blvd. Pauls Valley, OK 73075

    (405) 238-0335

    PURCELL

    Purcell Farmers Market Chamber of Commerce

    (405) 527-3093

    STONEWALL

    Stonewall Farmers Market Blair Park Stonewall, OK 74871

    (580) 559-1188

    (580) 235-7113 Saturday: 7 a.m.-noon

    SULPHUR

    Murray County Expo Center 3490 Highway 7 West Sulphur, OK 73086

    (580) 622-3016 Friday evenings

    TUTTLE

    Tuttle Farmers Market 5th and Main St. Tuttle, OK 73089

    (405) 448-0802 Saturday: 7-11 a.m.