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Meet Our Newest Vendors

The class of 2024 has arrived with an incredible variety of products, backgrounds and stories. Each vendor’s upcoming market dates can be found on their vendor page linked below, or you can see all new vendor pages listed here. Say hello and try something new next time you see them at the Market! Chocolate San…  Read More

Your 2024 Guide to Local Gifting

We’ve got a one-stop-shop for you this weekend to celebrate the holidays with delicious, high-quality sustainable groceries and unique handmade gifts for everyone on your list. When you shop at MCFM you can feel confident that you’re supporting local producers who are using ethical and regenerative practices that meet our Sustainability Statement and Local Sourcing…  Read More

10,000 Reasons Why: A Letter from our Executive Director

By Ella Daniels, Executive Director, Mill City Farmers Market & Charitable Fund Did you know that the Mill City Farmers Market set a new record for attendance with over 10,000 visitors in one day at its peak last summer?  Each day since I began my role in January I’ve learned a new reason to be…  Read More

How your local beekeeper can keep you healthy

Ames Farm honey products are in grocery stores, co-ops and gifts shops throughout Minneapolis and the metro, but did you know you can meet the owner and head beekeeper Brian Frederickson at the Mill City Farmers Market? Brian has over 25 years of experience at his apiary in Delano, Minnesota, and the Ames Farm table…  Read More

Coffee with Your…

Reviving the old town square We know that to many neighbors and visitors the Mill City Farmers Market is more than a place to buy groceries. It’s a place to meet with friends and neighbors, share a locally sourced meal and learn from the farmers and makers who produce our food. Every Saturday the historic…  Read More

New season, new vendors

April 27th, 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Get ready for the outdoor season at Mill City Farmers Market-opening Saturday, May 5th! Minneapolis, Minn.–On Saturday, May 5th Mill City Farmers Market (MCFM) opens for its 13th season. Grab your favorite tote bag and your grocery list and get ready to shop the market’s curated assortment of over…  Read More

12 Facts for 12 Years

MCFM turns 12 this season! This week we’re celebrating the past dozen years of “healthy foods, local farmers” with 12 facts about the market’s vendors, programming and shoppers, leading up to opening day this Saturday, May 6! 1 Our vendors farm 1,255 acres of sustainable land in Minnesota and Wisconsin. 2 Our vendors plant 0 GMOs.…  Read More

The Future of Food Begins with Conversation

Written by Kelsey Zaavedra, MCFM farmer at Heirloomista & farmer organizer for Campaign for a Cleaner Seed Food systems are deeply relational, and we experience this each week at the market. Rain or shine, customers come to connect with the farmers they know and trust, building relationships around the food they bring home. One of…  Read More

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A visit to Mhonpaj’s Garden with May Lee

Words and images by Iglika Petrova (a devoted Mill City Farmers Market supporter). Mhonpaj’s Garden is a certified organic vegetable farm owned by May Lee and her daughter Mhonpaj, the farm’s namesake. This is their 15th year at MCFM! May of Mhonpaj’s Garden is probably the most humble, hard-working, and dedicated person you will ever…  Read More