With the crazy weather we've been having — first a cold snap, then 90-degree days, then another cold snap — it was beginning to seem like spring would never arrive this year. But at long last, the rains fell, the buds are bursting, and the Farmer's Markets are opening, all sure signs that the season hasn't passed us by after all. Though it's a little too early for fresh produce, local farmers are now offering up flowering and vegetable plants, herbs, maple syrup, baked goods, and much more at locations throughout the Valley.

Amherst
Saturdays, 7:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Amherst Center (Spring Street parking lot)
May - mid-November

Easthampton
Tuesdays, 2:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Union Plaza
May - October

Florence
Wednesdays, 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Florence Civic Center
May - October

Greenfield
Saturdays, 8 AM - 12:30 PM
Court Square, in front of Town Hall
May - October

Holyoke
Thursdays 12 PM – 5 PM
High Street in front of City Hall
May 3rd – November 8th

Northampton
Saturdays, 7 AM - 12:30 PM
Gothic Street (downtown)
May – mid-November

Orange
Thursdays, 3 PM - 6 PM
Butterfield Park, East River Street
June - October

Springfield
Wednesdays and Fridays, 10 AM — 2 PM
Tower Square Park on Main Street.
May 23 — October 31

Springfield
Tuesdays 1 PM — 6 PM
At the X, 475 Sumner Ave.
May – October

Turners Falls
Wednesdays, 3 PM - 6 PM
Avenue A and 6th Street
May-mid-October

Thanks to CISA (Communities Involved in Sustaining Agriculture) for providing this list. www.buylocalfood.com/

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