Missouri weekends taste better when you start them at a farmers market. Across the state, you can fill a basket with sweet corn, tomatoes, honey, fresh eggs, and pies that were probably baked the night before.
These markets are also great places to meet the people who grow and make your food, and many of them cost nothing to walk through. Here are eight Missouri farmers markets where locals shop, snack, and stock up almost every weekend, from big city landmarks to small town gatherings worth planning your Saturday around.
1. Soulard Farmers Market, St. Louis
Bragging rights come easy for Soulard, which has operated in some form since 1779, making it one of the oldest public markets west of the Mississippi River.
The current brick market hall anchors the Soulard neighborhood just south of downtown St. Louis. Vendors sell fresh fruits and vegetables, spices, meats, cheeses, baked goods, and flowers under one long covered structure…