About Us: The Matthews Community Farmers' Market is the largest, most diverse producers-only farmers' market in the greater Charlotte area. All food and other market products are grown, raised or made within 50 miles of Matthews. Find out more...
While we enjoy our canine friends, the fact remains that we are a food-based marketplace. For sanitary, health and safety reasons, we ask that you leave your dogs at home.  Guide dogs and dogs that provide services are welcome with their human handlers. Thank you!
This page was last updated: May 16, 2012
Customers' Comments That Won Us A Top 75 Spot In The America's Favorite Farmers' Market Contest.......
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About Our Community Outreach Program: Share The Harvest Challenge is a fresh produce donations program that challenges market customers and farmers to help feed hungry local resident who turn to the Matthews Help Center pantry for food assistance. Look for the blue coolers near the market Information Booth.
Volunteering At The Market:  If you have a love of the market, a little time in your schedule, a positive attitude and a willingness to help, please email us. At this time we are especially looking for  high school or college students looking to fill a community service requirement over the summer.
Buying locally grown foods supports local farmers and the local economy.
Contact Us: Got a question or comment? Email us or reach us by phone at 704-821-6430.
What's In Season

Enjoy all the farmers' market has to offer from fabulous locally grown foods, flowers, plants and specialty items to free cooking classes by top local chefs, live music and special events.
Produce: peaches, strawberries, greenhouse tomatoes, new potatoes, sugar snap peas, snow peas, carrots, turnips, radishes, beets, kale, mustard greens, Swiss chard, kohlrabi, salad mix, arugula, green onions, kohlrabi, mushrooms, leeks, green garlic, pak choi, field grown and  greenhouse lettuces,  microgreens, baby fennel, pea shoots, corn shoots, parsley and assorted herbs, pecans
Meats: grassfed beef (steaks, roasts, brisket, stew meat, ground beef, ground beef patties, soup bones, short ribs, cubed steak, sliced beef liver), pastured chicken (whole and parts) pastured pork (chops, ribs, unseasoned ground pork, Italian sausage, bratwurst, chorizo, breakfast sausage, boneless ham roast, shanks, backbone, uncured bacon, proscuitto, lard)
Other farm products: local honey, soft goat cheeses, eggs from free-range chickens, jams, dried apples, dried tomatoes, potpourri
Baked goods: cookies, brownies, tarts, European pastries, cakes,  cinnamon rolls, muffins (wide variety), scones, Turkish pastries, madeleines, French pastries, beignets,  brioches, yeast breads (Rye, wheat, spelt, baguettes ciabatta, semolina, sourdough), granola,  pancake mix
Charcuterie: French salami, pancetta
Prepared Entrees (all made with locally grown produce and/or meats): lasagna, chicken liver mousse, smoked barbecue chicken drumsticks, turnips and green onion soup, breakfast casserole
Plants: hostas, vegetable transplants, blueberry and raspberry bushes, carniverous bog plants
Other products:  vinaigrettes, herbal soaps and lotions, handmade baskets, handmade pottery, cedar grilling planks, bird houses
Open Year-Round on North Trade Street in Historic Downtown Matthews, NC

Saturday Market:  7:15am-noon, April 7 - November 18
Tuesday "Twilight Market": 6:30-8:30pm, May 22 - July 24
Saturday Winter Market:  8-10am, December 1 -March 30
This Saturday Is Herb Day:
There will be all kinds of herbs to choose from at market. In addition we will host the Charlotte Herb Guild. Herb plants, herb crafts, and sample of herb recipes will be featured by guild members all morning.
In addition,
"Wow Us With Your Best" Baked Goods Competition Winners And Recipes...
Winner of the 2012 Charlotte Magazine Best Of The Best Award For Farmers Markets
We are delighted to be featured in the newly released cookbook "Farm Fresh Southern Cooking: Straight From The Garden To Your Dinner Table" by Nashville, TN food authority  author, radio and television personality Tammy Algood. Here's an excerpt...

"When you link a community with farmers, you strengthen both. That's what the Matthews Community Farmers' Market has been able to accomplish since it humbly began in 1991...It has down-home charm written all over it. Honestly, I am not sure how local grocery stores compete with this market. You can find eggs, free-range chickens, grass-fed beef, he most incredible mushrooms I've ever eaten, fresh pasta, pastries, cheese and remarkable stoneground grits and cornmeal. Need fresh flowers and plants? It's all there, along with handmade pottery and baskets and herbal soaps. It's a good thing this place is open all year. Oh, and the produce. Don't forget that. Bring along a wagon for the trip. You'll need it to haul the goodies back to your car and you'll love every moment of the shopping experience."
Chef Alyssa Gorelick
Charlotte Herb Guild
Our New Tuesday "Twilight Market" begins May 22!
This new mid-week market will be held from 6:30 - 8:30 every Tuesday night through July 24. Pick up fixin's for dinner or a chef-prepared entree.  Listen to cool live music as top chefs turn up the heat with cooking demonstrations. Come down for a great evening and break out of your weeknight routine!
Reserve your spot on the free June 9 tour of New Town Farms. Details...
At Market On Saturday, May 19: