Mansfield Growers Market

St. James Episcopal Church gives the Mansfield Growers Market a distinct home base, with the market set at 30 E. Wellsboro Street, one block east of Main Street in Mansfield. The market runs on Fridays from 3 to 6 pm from April into the Thanksgiving season, bringing a weekly produce-and-provisions stop to the church grounds. Its own description points to more than 20 vendors, a large volunteer team, and local sponsors, which helps explain why the market reads as both a shopping stop and a volunteer-powered civic project. If you want a small-town market with farm produce, baked goods, meats, maple, and pantry items gathered in one place, this one is tightly focused and easy to navigate.

Why it matters locally

St. James Episcopal Church organizes the Mansfield Growers Market under the church’s nonprofit status, giving the market a formal local base rather than a pop-up arrangement. The market’s mission is tied to helping provide fresh, local food at affordable prices while enabling small growers and farmers to support themselves, a practical statement of purpose that shapes who sells there and what the market is trying to do in town.

That local framing shows up in the network around it. The market describes itself as having more than 20 vendors, a large volunteer team, nearly 40 local sponsors, and community members who volunteer time to entertain and educate. It is also a member of PA Preferred, encourages vendors to accept FMNP coupons, and encourages producers to donate food to the Mansfield and Wellsboro area food pantries. Those details place the market inside Mansfield’s weekly food economy, not outside it.

What you'll find there

The vendor mix leans heavily toward practical weekly shopping: vegetables, fruit, eggs, meats, maple, honey, baked goods, and a smaller layer of soaps, flowers, and artwork. Several sellers span more than one category, so a single stop can cover produce for dinner, bread or sweets for later, and pantry staples to take home.

• -Pick up cucumbers, summer squash, green beans, green tomatoes, garden onions, carrots, beets, and green peppers from Keeney Farm.
• -Find farm fresh and frozen beef and pork from Hillstone Farms.
• -Look for hydroponic lettuces, herbs, and seasonal produce at Udder Merry Mac Farm.
• -Choose white, dark, and milk chocolate products from Highland Chocolates.
• -Grab gluten-free baked goods from Berties Kitchen.
• -Bring home homemade New York style bagels plus cookies and other baked goods from Basically Bagels.
• -Browse goat milk soap, cream, and lotion bars, along with garlic, radishes, green beans, potatoes, scallions, lettuce, and raspberries from Always Somethin’ Farm.
• -Taste jams, jellies, shortbread cookies, scones, lemon and lime curd, and woolen products from Yorkshire Meadows.
• -Check The Herb Corner for cut flowers, fresh-cut herbs, herb plants, onions, swiss chard, kale, spinach, zucchini, and eggplant.
• -Shop Running Bear Farm for lamb sausages, chicken, duck, turkey meat, chicken eggs, frozen pestos, and sofrito.
• -Stock up on maple syrup and other maple products from Between Two Rivers Maple.
• -Add eggs and fresh produce from Spring Meadows Farm.
• -Snack on sweet, savory, and spicy caramel corn and popcorn from Mill Street Caramel Corn.
• -Buy goat cheese, fudge, and baked goods from Inn to the Seasons.
• -Take home honey, honey stix, honey jax, and beeswax candles from Lee’s Bees.
• -See Roosting Tree Farm for eggs, jams, and local artwork.
• -Watch the fruit season at Gardiner’s Orchards for raspberries, blackberries, sweet cherries, peaches, apples, plums, nectarines, cider, and maple syrup.

The market’s posts also point to activity around the stalls, including a Community Blood Bank visit in St. James Parrish Hall and classes tied to vendors, such as needle felting and spinning or knitting.

Know before you go

No dogs are allowed, which is the clearest day-of-visit rule to plan around. The market meets at St. James Episcopal Church, 30 E. Wellsboro Street, one block east of Main Street, with the market described as being on the St. James Church green. April is indoors, while May through September shifts outdoors, so the setup changes across the season even though the Friday schedule stays the same.

Restrooms are not available, another useful detail if you are timing errands or visiting with kids. The market also states that payment methods are clearly posted, which helps if you are deciding how to pay vendor by vendor. If you are aiming for the broadest selection, the market’s own schedule and vendor range make it more of a weekly provisions stop than a late-evening browse.