About the Market

The Memphis Farmers Market is a weekly non-profit outdoor market featuring local farmers and artisans. The market showcases locally sourced produce and food items and locally produced arts and crafts from the Mid-South region and also serves to educate the community about eating local, nutrition and food choices. Enjoy live music and weekly themed events and programs.

Visit us every Saturday 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. mid-April thru October. Located in Downtown Memphis. Free admission and parking. Pet sitting available. The market is a non-profit organization supported by an all volunteer Board of Directors and funded by fund-raising initiatives, grants, memberships, sponsorships and vendor fees. The volunteer, nonprofit market works on a small budget that must support a large array of operating expenses that include insurance, permits, licenses, signage, utilities, site improvements, marketing, promotions, and a market manager.

Market Details

When: Saturdays, Mid-April thru October, 7 am to 1 pm, rain or shine
Where: Central Station, S. Front Street at GE Patterson in the Historic South Main District, Downtown Memphis.
Cost: Free
Parking: Free parking adjacent to the market.
How to find us: Map Location  

Our Mission

Our mission is to serve as a community gathering place where local farmers, producers, and artisans can offer fresh agricultural and related products.

Our goals are to: 

• Improve the community's nutrition options with the highest quality seasonal produce
• Assist area farmers, producers, and artisans with sustainable business opportunities
• Generate a sense of local pride and further the economic development of our community
• Provide a vehicle to educate the community on the importance of nutrition to good health

How to Contact Us

You can use our website contact form, or you can contact our Board of Directors or Market Manager at info@memphisfarmersmarket.org or call (901) 575-0580.

How to Get Involved

Getting involved with the Memphis Farmers Market is easy! While at the market, visit our information table, or read below to learn how. You can become a volunteer, become a vendor, or support the market by becoming a Friend of the Market, sponsor or partner. 

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Become a Volunteer

Volunteers are essential to ensuring successful MFM general operations, events, and solid customer service. The market’s volunteer participation is robust and growing. Currently we have reserves of more than 400 volunteers who help ensure all of our weekly markets run smoothly — in addition to an extremely active volunteer board that participates weekly. Find out more on our Become a Volunteer page.

Become a Friend of MFM

The Memphis Farmers Market is a volunteer led, not-for-profit market that operates on a small budget to fund an array of operating expenses. We rely on the generous financial support of organizations and our patrons to help implement our marketing, operations, site development, health education and community relations programs to serve as a community gathering place where local producers and artisans can offer fresh agricultural and related products. Stop by the market info table or find out more on our Become a Friend of MFM page.

Become a Sponsor or Partner

Memphis Farmers Market operations, events and products are sponsored every year by local businesses and organizations. Their support has helped build a successful market that is an asset to the Memphis area community. Find our how to become a sponsor on our Sponsors and Partners page.

Donating to MFM

The Memphis Farmers Market (MFM) is incorporated as a non-profit corporation in the State of Tennessee and has been designated as a federal 501(c)(4) organization by the Internal Revenue Service. Contributions to 501(c)(4) organizations generally are not deductible as charitable donations, but they may be deductible as business expenses.

Meet Our Market Manager

Maryanne Lessley has a passion for local agriculture, food, and community. As the Market Manager, she facilitates a strong connection between farmers, producers and community, fosters community support for the farmers market, and ensures that our market runs smoothly every week. Maryanne’s main role is to organize and manage the day-to-day operations of the Memphis Farmers Market. She also helps lead the MFM Vendor Committee and works with our Vendor Recruitment and Management Chairperson to build strong relations with and support for our approximately 80 vendors. Maryanne Lessley was born in Memphis and raised on a family farm in Bartlett. She had wonderful adventures growing up on the farm like selling “cut your own Christmas trees”, living in an amazing peach orchard and growing lots and lots of vegetables. Maryanne graduated from the University of Memphis with a BBA degree in accounting. She has held several accounting positions over the years for large corporations but most recently was financial manager for her husband’s family business, Signs Now. She has been married for 14 years and has two beautiful daughters, eleven and eight years old. Maryanne is a true “foodie”. She loves to cook and experiment with fresh food. With the help of her parents and children, she is growing her own vegetable garden this year with over 100 tomato plants. She is enjoying her new career as the market manager and is wild about the market. “You have to experience the Memphis Farmers Market for yourself. If you see Maryanne at the market, be sure to say "hello!"