The Blacksburg Farmers Market is your local, family-friendly gathering place in downtown Blacksburg. Edwards says "We are a Producer-Only market whose vendors are located within a 50-mile radius."
![Market Square at Blacksburg's Farmers Market.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/74c00f3/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1200x900+0+0/resize/880x660!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F81%2Fb2%2F3bd3dd474614a0bd88c14d110e28%2Fmarket-square-at-blacksburgs-farmers-market.jpeg)
The market features farmers of locally grown produce and meats, alongside artisans of baked goods, prepared foods, cheese, handmade crafts, and so much more!
Wednesdays and Saturday Farmers markets with Saturday only in the winter months.
![Deborah Edwards shows off new Blacksburg Farmers Market brochure](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/e9bfad7/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1200x1440+0+0/resize/880x1056!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F26%2F18%2F8458bd1c4ae9928ec34ae392296d%2Fdeborah-edwards-shows-off-new-blacksburg-farmers-market-brochure.jpg)
The Farmers Market actively supports healthy eating in Montgomery County via food access outlets— by welcoming SNAP Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participants—Edwards says, if our SNAP customers spend $50 they can walk away with $100 worth of fresh food.
![Carmen Byker, Ph.D. student, Human Nutrition Foods & Exercise, at the Blacksburg farmers market. Carmen coordinates a program that provides fresh produce from the Blacksburg Farmer's Market to local Head Start students and their families.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/aa2185a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1200x800+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe7%2Fed%2Fa1c15fca4c3da48110d29d8296e8%2Fblacksburg-farmers-market-fresh-apples.jpg)
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