Crescent City Farmers Market

Crescent City Farmers Market frames its work around direct connections between shoppers and food producers, with a mission to cultivate the power of farmers markets to drive economic and community health in the region. In New Orleans, that mission takes shape through a producer-only market that began in 1995 and now runs year-round across Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday markets. The setup matters for anyone who wants to buy from the people raising, catching, baking, and making the food themselves, rather than from resellers. With roughly 70 vendors in the mix and rotating sites in City Park, Uptown, and Mid-City, the market has a wider footprint than a single weekly stop.

Why it matters locally

Crescent City Farmers Market has operated in New Orleans since 1995 as a producer-only farmers market connecting customers directly with farmers, fishermen, ranchers, dairies, bakers, and other food producers. That producer-only model keeps the exchange focused on regional food businesses and on face-to-face buying from the people behind the products.

The market is operated by Market Umbrella, and its broader mission is tied to economic and community health in the region. Its work also extends beyond stall sales through programs and recurring features named on the market’s materials, including the Farmers Market Nutrition Program, Market Match, Greaux the Good, Market Morsels, and Music at the Market. That combination places the market inside a larger local food network rather than treating it as a stand-alone shopping event.

What you'll find there

The vendor roster spans farms, seafood sellers, bakers, pasta makers, coffee businesses, spice vendors, tea companies, and prepared-food producers, which gives this market a strong staple-shopping core alongside drink and pantry stops. The names below reflect the range that shows up across the Crescent City Farmers Market network.

• -Find 5D Natural Farm among the market’s farm vendors.
• -Pick up coffee from Applied Arts Coffee.
• -Add pastries from Buttery Spell.
• -Look for fruit from Cherry Creek Orchards.
• -Bring home pasta from Costantini Pasta.
• -Shop farm goods from Fekete Family Farm.
• -Girlfriend Bakery offers gluten free cookies, pies, bread, and pastries.
• -Pour something fermented from Gingerbooch.
• -Browse prepared foods from Honest Foods.
• -Stop by Hereau Farms for farm products.
• -Indian Springs Farmers Association is part of the vendor lineup.
• -Catch produce from Johndales Farm.
• -JuiceSEE adds bottled juice to the mix.
• -Take home loaves from Leo's Bread.
• -Local Lettuce Heads appears on the roster for greens-focused shopping.
• -Monica's Okra World is one of the produce-oriented vendors listed.
• -Mycelium Express brings mushrooms into the market mix.
• -Sip from NOLA Botanical Tea.
• -Nolamamaeats joins the prepared-food side of the market.
• -Buy seafood from Pete & Clara's Seafood.
• -Powers Beekeepers supplies honey-related goods.
• -Que Pasta NOLA expands the pasta options.
• -Rose Wagon Ranch represents the ranch side of the producer-only format.
• -Season dishes with Sassy Cajun Spices.
• -White Sand Homestead and VEGGI Farmers Cooperative round out the farm roster.

The market calendar also includes recurring extras such as Music at the Market, Recipe of the Week, Special of the Week, Vendor of the Week, and the Monday Market Morsels newsletter with recipes, market updates, and food preparation tips.

Know before you go

No dogs are allowed, which is one of the clearest planning details to settle before you head out. Parking changes by market day and location: Sunday shoppers at City Park can use the Tricentennial Parking Lot, designated parking along Victory Ave, and street parking on Dreyfous Drive and around City Park; Tuesday shoppers have on-site parking at The Batture; and Thursday shoppers can use Parkway Bakery’s lot until 7 pm or nearby street parking.

The three-site schedule also means the market meets in different parts of New Orleans: City Park on Sundays, The Batture for the Uptown Tuesday market, and Lafitte Greenway Plaza by the start of Bayou St. John on Thursdays. Restrooms are not available on-site.

Payments & SNAP

SNAP/EBT is accepted at Crescent City Farmers Market, making the market usable for shoppers who rely on food assistance. The market also highlights the USDA Farmers Market Nutrition Program, with vouchers for eligible seniors and WIC recipients, and notes that shoppers should look for yellow FMNP signs at vendor tables when using those benefits.