Vandergrift Farmers' Market

The Vandergrift Farmers' Market sets up in the Columbia Avenue Parking Lot, giving this weekly market a clear downtown anchor in Vandergrift. From June 6 through October 17, 2024, it runs on Thursday afternoons, a schedule that puts fresh food and handmade goods into the middle of the week rather than the usual weekend pattern. The market is owned and operated by Maple Ridge Farm & Bakery, with Natalie Jaworskyj named in the market's materials, which gives the operation a direct tie to one of its own food vendors. That farm-led setup fits the market's stated emphasis on goods that are made, baked, or grown by the people selling them.

Why it matters locally

Maple Ridge Farm & Bakery's role in running the market ties management to an active producer, not a separate event operator. The market's vendor standard is also unusually direct: "Make it, bake it, or grow it," with all items required to be produced by the vendor. That matters because it keeps the focus on people selling what they actually raise or make, including farm-based food producers and artisans whose products come from farm-raised ingredients.

The current vendor mix shows that approach in practice. Yarnick's Farm brings locally grown vegetables, produce, berries, pumpkins, melons, and fresh cut flowers. Maple Ridge Farm & Bakery sells baked goods, canned goods, and maple syrup. Sue's Handmade Crafts adds handmade work, while Barnview Farms appears on the vendor roster as another farm presence. Together, those details point to a market built around producer-led stalls rather than resale tables.

What you'll find there

The mix here leans practical and farm-centered: produce for dinner, baked goods for the table, and a smaller handmade component alongside farm vendors. Because the market is producer-focused, the named vendors give a useful sense of what kinds of stands shape the afternoon.

• -Pick up breads, pies, cookies, cinnamon rolls, canned goods, and maple syrup from Maple Ridge Farm & Bakery.
• -Find tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, sweet corn, zucchini, yellow squash, candy onions, pumpkins, melons, berries, and fresh cut flowers at Yarnick's Farm.
• -Browse handmade crafts from Sue's Handmade Crafts.
• -Look for Barnview Farms on the vendor lineup; the market lists it as a participating farm vendor.

The market operates weekly on Thursdays from June 6 through October 17, 2024, so the event itself is the recurring seasonal draw rather than a one-off festival format.

Know before you go

No dogs are allowed, which is the clearest policy detail to keep in mind before heading over. The market is held in the Columbia Avenue Parking Lot, so parking and market location are effectively the same destination point. It runs on Thursdays from 4:00 PM to 6:30 PM during the June 6 to October 17, 2024 season, making this an afternoon stop rather than an early-morning market trip.

If you're planning around amenities, the market indicates that restrooms are not available on site. Payment methods are not clearly specified in the market details, so the strongest grounded expectation is simply that no confirmed payment policy is posted in the market materials provided here. The market's producer-only rule also means the offerings are centered on what vendors themselves make, bake, or grow.