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STRATFORD MARKETS

SEASON: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

LOCATION: Slow Food Market: Market Square or Festival Square

Farmers Market: Stratford Agriplex, 353 McCarthy Road

WEBSITE: www.visitstratford.ca/partner/Slow-Food-Perth-County

www.stratfordagriculturalsociety.com/farmers-market/

HIGHLIGHT: Weekend markets

Stratford offers two popular year-round markets that provide you with the opportunity to chat with purveyors while you select your supplies. They facilitate eating locally and seasonally.

At the Slow Food Market, you won’t see transport trucks delivering food, drinks, produce, and crafts from faraway places. You will see owners of family-run businesses unloading vehicles that do double duty, transporting kids to hockey games and school during the week and to the markets on the weekend. On Sundays, 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m., from mid-May to October, the Slow Food Market is held outdoors in Stratford’s downtown Market Square at City Hall. In the winter months, the market moves two blocks north on Downie Street to be indoors at Festival Square.

The Stratford Farmers Market, operating since 1855, is one of the oldest markets in Ontario. Located in the Stratford Agriplex building, the year-round indoor market, open every Saturday from 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., expands outdoors from May to October. It offers a substantial spread of food and flowers alongside a large assortment of handmade crafts.

At the Stratford Markets you are encouraged to arrive early and fill environmentally friendly bags with gifts and goodies. If you are heading out on a picnic along the Avon River or a drive in the country, the Stratford Markets are a good source for meats, cheese, vegetables, pickles, and freshly baked bread.