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Morningside Farmers Market 1393 N. Highland Avenue, NE, Atlanta, in the parking lot next to Horizon Restaurant, Saturday mornings thru December, 8 am-11:30 am (Limited Farmers January-March) The Morningside Farmer(Market feature locally grown, organic vegetables, herbs, flowers, end fruits. We also offer finely crafted soaps, herbal products, pottery, furniture, and other crafts. For more information: 404-444-9902, morningsidemarket@mind-spring.com

Greenmarket at Piedmont Park Piedmont Park is the 189 acre "Central Park" of Atlanta, Georgia, located in Midtown, north of the city center. Originally the land was owned by Dr. Benjamin Franklin Walker, who used it as his out-of-town gentleman's farm and residence.  Piedmont Park, 1071 Piedmont Avenue, NE, Atlanta, Saturday mornings thru October 16, 8 am-12 pm. This open air market features high-quality, Georgia grown produce, baked goods, food specialty items, fresh garden flowers, herbs and arts and crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts. . For more information: visit www.piedmontpark.org

Cotton Mill Farmers' Market farmĀ·ers' market
n.
A public market at which farmers and often other vendors sell produce directly to consumers. Also called greenmarket.
 Carrollton, Georgia Carrollton is a small city in west central Georgia, in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. It is the county seat of Carroll County, and the largest town in the county, with a 2005 estimated population of 21,837. , Bradley Street, downtown district, across from City Hall, Saturday mornings thru October, 8 am-12 pm. All locally grown vegetables, fruit, eggs, and grassfed beef. Also honey, bread, flowers, shade grown coffee, cheese, planes, soaps, baskets, and folk art folk art, the art works of a culturally homogeneous people produced by artists without formal training. The forms of such works are generally developed into a tradition that is either cut off from or tenuously connected to the contemporary cultural mainstream. . For more information: Wendy Crager, 770/537-3720, wcrager@yahoo.com, www.cottonmillfarmersmarket.org

Covington "Square Market" 1169 Washington Street The following streets in the United States are called Washington Street:
  • Washington Street (Alexandria), in Alexandria, Virginia
  • Washington Street (Baltimore), in Baltimore, Maryland, running near Johns Hopkins Hospital
, one block west off historic Covington Square, Fridays 4 pm till dusk, thru October 29. 25 vendors; local farm products horticulture, artisans, specialty items. For more information: 770-784-1718, www.squaremarket.org

Simply Homegrown: A Community Market Corner of Savannah Savannah, city, United States
Savannah, city (1990 pop. 137,560), seat of Chatham co., SE Ga., a port of entry on the Savannah River near its mouth; inc. 1789.
 Street (76 West) and Main Street (next to Prater's Main Street Books) in historic downtown Clayton, Rabun County. Saturday mornings, 9 am to noon thru mid September. Features small, regional grower of northeast Georgia, Western North Carolina Western North Carolina (often abbreviated as WNC) is the region of North Carolina which includes the Appalachian Mountains, thus it is often known geographically as the state's Mountain Region. , and South Carolina's Upcountry. Now in its third year, growers offer fresh, mostly organic produce. Fresh-ground corn meal and grits grits

coarsely ground hominy served in traditional Southern breakfast. [Am. Culture: Misc.]

See : Southern States
. For more information: 706-782-9944, www.simplyhomegrown.org

Athens Green Market Athens, Big City Bread Patio. Saturdays, year-round, 9 am-1 pm. For more information: Carol John @ 706.546.398

Downtown Athens Farmers Market 300 College Avenue at Washington, Athens. Saturday mornings thru mid-August, 7 am-noon For more information: Frank Henning, 706-546.4398

Farmers Market at Spruiil Gallery Spruill Gallery, 4681 Ashford Dunwoody Road (just north of Perimeter Mall), Atlanta. Wednesdays thru December, 8 am to 1 pm. Locally grown, organic, fresh: fruits, vegetables, herbs and flowers. For more information: 770-394-4019, www.spruillarts.org

The Growing Hope Market: Savannah, Georgia On the corner of East Broad and Gwinnett street across from the Bread & Butter Cafe, Savannah. Saturday mornings thru December. 9 am-1 pm. A community project of Union Mission, the market features organic and locally grown produce, fresh baked bread, fair trade coffee, local honey, and lots of delicious baked goods. For more information: Rebecca Freeman, 912-236-0955, rebeccabel@hotmail.com

Downtown Decatur Market Downtown Decatur on the Square, just behind the old Court House. Wednesdays thru December. 10:30 am-1:30 pm. The market offers locally grown produce as well as flowers, plants, herbs, honey and other value-added food products. Shop for your locally grown organic food and support your local farmers, while visiting with your friends and neighbors. For more information: Nicole Coleson, 404-377-O894. www.decaturfarmersmarket.com

North Fulton Tailgate A conversion layer that lets IDE devices connect to the IEEE 1394 Firewire interface.  Farmers Market Parking lot next to Wills Park Service Center, 11913 Wills Road, Alpharetta (near the horse park). Saturdays thru September, 7 am until "sold out." The market offers locally grown produce as well as flowers, herbs, honey and other value-added food products. For more information: Lynwood Blackman, 770-551-7670
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