Tuscarawas Valley Farmers Market

Tuscarawas Valley Farmers Market is built around a producer-only mission for Tuscarawas County, with an emphasis on promoting local agriculture and creating value within the community. In Dover, that mission shows up in a weekly Wednesday market at the Tuscarawas County Fairgrounds, where shoppers can pick up farm-grown produce and return for cooking demos held inside the Clover Café. The market also pairs shopping with food access work through its Donation Station initiative, which collects and distributes locally grown produce to area food pantries during the season.

Why it matters locally

The producer-only focus is the clearest reason this market matters in Tuscarawas County: its mission is to facilitate a farmers market specifically for local producers in the county while promoting agriculture and community value. That local emphasis is not just branding. The market’s Donation Station initiative collects high-quality, locally grown produce during the season and distributes it to local food pantries.

That work is backed by named local partnerships. Dover-Phila Federal Credit Union partnered with the market to distribute fresh produce and provided a $20,000 gift for the Donation Station program. The produce distribution network also includes Twin City Food Pantry, The Salvation Army, and Beneath the Shade as receiving partners. The market itself grew out of Leadership Tusc involvement, with Mark McKenzie, Jonna Cronebaugh, and Valerie Yoder spending nearly two years studying other markets as they developed the idea.

What you'll find there

The vendor mix highlights staple farm shopping rather than a long roster of categories, with two named anchor produce growers and a sponsor tied to cooking and preservation. One visitor noted finding homemade baked goods and food trucks during a Wednesday visit.

• -Find produce from Weaver’s Truck Patch, identified as one of the market’s two anchor produce growers.
• -Shop Yoder’s Produce, the market’s other anchor produce grower.
• -Browse Lehman’s for food preservation and simple living tools and products; the company also sponsors cooking demos.

Weekly cooking demos are held every Wednesday at 5:00pm inside the Clover Café at the fairgrounds throughout the season.

Know before you go

No dogs are allowed, which is one of the clearest visit rules to plan around. The market runs on Wednesdays from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at 259 S. Tuscarawas Ave, on the Tuscarawas County Fairgrounds in Dover. Restrooms are not available on the market details provided, so plan your stop accordingly. If you want to catch the added programming, cooking demos start at 5:00pm inside the Clover Café at the fairgrounds and run weekly through the season.

The market also has a standing produce-donation component during the season. Donation Station is overseen by Isaac Hans Kneuss, listed as the committee chair and contact for more information about that initiative.

Payments & SNAP

The market accepts credit cards, Ohio WIC, and the Ohio Direction Card, giving shoppers several ways to pay at the market. SNAP/EBT is accepted through the Ohio Direction Card. The market also notes that Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program vouchers were replaced with tokens for the 2025 season.