Mill City Farmers Market Kicks Off 20th Outdoor Market Season on May 3rd

Mill City Farmers Market (MCFM) is ready to kick off its 20th outdoor season on Saturday, May 3rd from 8am to 1pm. They will bring together over 100 rotating local farmers, food producers and artists each Saturday morning May through October in a newly expanded footprint.

MCFM has been a champion for the local food movement since being founded in 2006 by farm-to-table pioneer and James Beard nominated restaurateur Brenda Langton. Located in the Mill District, the Market is a primary storefront for the majority of its 115 local farms and small businesses. There are a wide variety of vendors represented each week including farmers, food makers, textile and ceramic artists, jewelers, bakers, skin and body care, ready-to-eat food and more.

MCFM is welcoming 7 NEW vendors for the 2025 season:

●     38th Street Farm: fresh & dehydrated microgreens, pet grass and pet treats

●     Enchanted Gardens of Minnesota: farmstead products including goat cheese, butter, duck eggs

●     Kisheri Farms: Cameroonian farmer offering a wide variety of West African produce

●     Solace Artisan Breads: Latino-owned bakery offering freshly baked breads

●     Sun-Kissed Farm: Hmong farmer offering a variety of Asian greens and other unique produce

●     The Naked Tree Bakery: baked goods with no gluten, dairy, eggs, or judgement!

●     The Orange Roaster: Ukrainian sweet corn roaster joining us during sweet corn season

MCFM recognizes the significant barriers to organic certification for many emerging farmers, and because of this they not require formal USDA certification, but rather a commitment to regenerative agricultural practices that support the whole ecosystem. In addition to a Local Sourcing Standard, MCFM’s Sustainability Statement supports building healthy soils, sustainable water use, humane treatment of livestock, honorable workplace practices, and rejects synthetic inputs, pesticides and GMO seed. This ensures that you are getting high-quality, naturally grown and made products no matter which vendor you shop with.

Free programming will be offered again at the Market this season

...including live cooking demos with our Market Chefs, Market Yoga with local studios, Power of Produce veggie sampling for kids, Story Time with the Guthrie and more. Alongside food education, the Market and its Charitable Fund will continue their mission to give everyone in our community access to fresh, nutritious food through their food access programming. SNAP/EBT users can get their purchases tripled up to $10 each Market day (spend $10, get $30) and Greens for Good food gleaning will return this year in partnership with Augsburg University’s Campus Kitchen, purchasing excess produce from farmers to provide weekly fresh produce to low-income seniors in the Cedar Riverside neighborhood.