page_title: Farmers' market
section_title: Regional emphasis
hierarchical_section_title: Farmers' market / Regional emphasis
caption_attribution_description: 2011-07-06 07-08 Kanada, Ontario 024 St. Jacobs, Farmers Market.jpg
context_page_description: A farmers' market is a physical retail marketplace intended to sell foods directly by farmers to consumers. Farmers' markets may be indoors or outdoors and typically consist of booths, tables or stands where farmers sell their homegrown produce, live animals and plants, and sometimes prepared foods and beverages. Farmers' markets exist in many countries worldwide and reflect the local culture and economy. The size of the market may be just a few stalls or it may be as large as several city blocks. Due to their nature, they tend to be less rigidly regulated than retail produce shops.
  They are distinguished from public markets, which are generally housed in permanent structures, open year-round, and offer a variety of non-farmer/non-producer vendors, packaged foods and non-food products.
caption: St. Jacobs Farmers' Market in Ontario, Canada
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