Steuben County Farmers Market

Steuben County Farmers Market pairs a straightforward shopping trip with a food-system mission rooted in local agriculture and trusted producer relationships. In Angola, the market runs twice weekly during the main season, giving shoppers both a midweek and a Saturday option for produce, honey, and handmade body care. That schedule matters in a county market setting: one stop might mean in-season vegetables from Holman Garden, local raw honey from Dalrymple Farm, and goat milk soaps and lotions from Bryrpatch Goat Milk Lotions and Soaps. The market also accepts SNAP, adding another practical reason to put it into a regular grocery routine.

Why it matters locally

The market’s local value starts with direct exchange between Angola-area shoppers and growers selling food on a human scale, a purpose reflected in the market’s connection to LocalHarvest’s stated focus on linking people with farmers they trust and strengthening local economies through good food. That idea shows up here in concrete ways: Holman Garden brings in-season produce, Dalrymple Farm sells local raw honey, and Bryrpatch Goat Milk Lotions and Soaps adds farm-based body care to the mix.

SNAP acceptance also gives the market a stronger local role in everyday food access, not just occasional browsing. The market’s twice-weekly outdoor season in Angola creates more than one weekly buying window, which can matter for shoppers planning around harvest timing and household schedules.

What you'll find there

The mix here reads as practical and farm-centered rather than heavily expanded into unrelated categories, with named vendors pointing to produce, honey, and goat-milk body care. The market also carries a sizable overall roster, with a 60-vendor claim attached to the market even though only a few individual vendors are named directly.

• -Holman Garden sells in-season produce.
• -Dalrymple Farm offers local raw honey.
• -Bryrpatch Goat Milk Lotions and Soaps brings goat milk soaps and lotions.
• -Dalrymple’s appears in a photo caption associated with Steuben County honey.

No recurring market events are described for this market page, so the emphasis stays on shopping the vendor lineup itself. Steuben County Farmers Market has an interesting split personality across the week because the shopping setting changes with the day. On Saturdays, the market uses the parking lot of the Community Building, also identified as the old high school, just south of the circle. On Wednesdays, it shifts to the Carnegie Public Library parking lot at 322 S. Wayne St., giving the market a different civic backdrop in the middle of town. That two-site rhythm gives the market a distinctly local feel without needing extra ornament: one day anchored by the old high school property, another by the library lot, both tied to familiar public places in Angola. The market’s own tag evidence also points to an indoor season at May Street Elementary in another part of the year, showing that this market has used multiple public-facing spaces as part of its operating pattern.

Know before you go

No dogs is the clearest visit rule to plan around here. The other major logistical detail is that the market location changes by day: Saturday shopping happens in the parking lot of the Community Building, also called the old high school, just south of the circle, while the Wednesday market is at the Carnegie Public Library parking lot. If you rely on exact parking habits from one visit to the next, that split matters.

The market is seasonal rather than year-round, running from May 10, 2024 through the last Saturday in October 2024. Restrooms are not listed among visitor amenities, so this is a trip to approach as a straightforward open-air market stop focused on shopping rather than a long stay.

Payments & SNAP

SNAP/EBT is accepted at Steuben County Farmers Market, an important detail for shoppers planning to use food benefits on market purchases. Payment methods are otherwise marked as clear, though the market’s standout payment detail is its confirmed SNAP access rather than a broad published list of tender types.