If you enjoy shopping for fresh produce and other foods at local farmers markets, you know there is lots to love about them. Along with connecting Baton Rouge families with fresh, flavorful, and sustainably grown produce and handcrafted foods, the Red Stick Farmers Market is also where small farmers and local food makers can directly meet the people who help sustain their livelihoods. More than just a marketplace, the farmers market nourishes all of us in so many ways, as a place to build community and share food knowledge, culture, and values.
National Farmers Market Week (Aug. 7-13) is a great opportunity to show the nation how much value markets bring to their communities.
Red Stick Farmers Market
The Red Stick Farmers Market offers over 20 farmers’ booths specializing in seasonal fruits and vegetables… strawberries, tomatoes, squash, mushrooms, microgreens, and more. You can also find locally gown flowers, succulents, and bedding plants, as well as sweet potato pies and local raw honey.
Countless local farmers, crafters, and artisans have gotten their start at the Red Stick Farmers Farmers Market, testing their dreams and ideas with customers who like to support local small businesses. Vendors gain confidence and success with sales but they also get opportunities to build relationships with customers and receive valuable feedback.
Enjoy all that the Market has to offer:
Free “I 
FARMERS MARKETS” temporary tattoos.
John Gray Jazz Trio
Sprouts Activities
Veggie Photo Prop
Market Token Raffle
Greaux the Good Fans
The Arts Market
Red Stick Sprouts
The Red Stick Farmers Market encourages children between the ages of 2-12 to get involved with Red Stick Sprouts, a year-round local food education, and incentive program. Children who sign up for “Sprouts” receive $2 in market tokens with each visit and can spend them at any of the Red Stick Farmers Market locations. In addition to the tokens, there are weekly recipes featuring seasonal, local ingredients and an activity sheet such as a coloring page for the kids to take home. Once monthly, the downtown market hosts a “Sprouts Saturday” event featuring a local food activity. Parents can sign their children up for the ‘kids club’ at any Farmers Market location.
Baton Rouge Arts Market
The Baton Rouge Arts Market will be setup alongside the Red Stick Farmers Market.
Enjoy shopping for a plethora of goods from local artists. It’s a great way to start your Saturday,
The markets will be from 8 a.m. until noon. There is no admission fee. Both markets are at the corner of Fifth and Main streets downtown, outside Main Street Market.
RED STICK FARMERS MARKET HOURS
An outside, producer-only market, featuring locally grown fresh produce.Thursdays8 am – 12 pmPennington Biomedical Saturdays8 am – 12 pmMain Street Market
MAIN STREET MARKET HOURS
Downtown Baton Rouge’s public marketplace featuring breakfast, lunch, and local shopping.Monday – Friday7 am – 2 pmSaturdays7 am – 12 pmMain Street Market
5 Benefits of Shopping at the Red Stick Farmers Market:
- Markets offer a place to connect with neighbors, meet local farmers, support local small businesses, and provide nutritious food to neighborhoods in need.
- The concept underlying farmers’ markets is to get customers in touch with those who produce their food. In a highly processed world where much of our food is grown outside of our own country, that’s an admirable goal we should all aim to achieve.
- Access to fresh, locally grown foods may be one of the greatest benefits of shopping at the farmer’s market. Farmers’ markets have fruits and vegetables at the peak of the growing season. This means produce is at its freshest and tastes the best.
- Buying local keeps our dollars circulating in our community and ensures that farming and local food production will remain viable in our area. What can be better than forming a relationship with those that grow your food, you can ask questions, and know exactly where your food is coming from and how it’s grown.
- Farmers’ markets are kid-friendly. Let your kids pick out something new to try. Then, let them help prepare a meal or choose a snack based on what caught their eye.
- And a 6th… Red Stick SPROUTS!!
Red Stick Farmer farmers market includes not only farmers but local producers of food, products, arts, and crafts. Customers will find in-season farm-fresh fruits and vegetables, baked goods, meats, locally produced salad dressings, hummus, sauces, artisan cheeses, fresh breads, honey, jams, handmade soaps, candles, and more.
