Welcome
Welcome to your Stone County Farmers Market website! We’re hoping this Site becomes a useful tool for us to communicate with you – and you, with us – much more effectively!
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Stone County Farmers Market Joins CAFM Network
Stone County Farmers Market is proud to be a new member of the Certified Arkansas Farmers Market (CAFM) network. CAFM, a 501(c)(6) non-profit organization, was created for farmers by farmers and is committed to providing Arkansas farmers with a network of markets, CSAs, buying clubs and stores that sell to local consumers. The CAFM policy is simple: only products grown in Arkansas can be sold at CAFM markets.
At Stone County Farmers Market, we say it this way…”if you didn’t grow it, raise it or make it…you can’t sell it!” As a result, our customers can be certain items they purchase at the Market come directly from the Vendor who is selling it.
Through many years of research, CAFM has established a simple, effective way to reduce deception at markets and protect farmers from unfair practices by wholesalers and resellers. Farmers submit a simple, handwritten crop plan at which point the market manager inspects each participating farm to ensure the basic information provided by the farmer is accurate and true. The Market then works closely with the farmer to ensure their produce gets sold.
All food groups, if grown or prepared at a certified Arkansas farm, may be sold at Stone County Farmers Market, provided the producer meets all market certification requirements and adheres to state policies. Schools, community gardens and individual gardeners are welcomed and encouraged to participate!
Watch your newspapers and local TV stations for news of CAFM. You’ll hear about programs such as Farm-to-Chef, Farm-to-School, Basket-A-Month (BAM) CSA Program, Foodie Fests, opening of the Argenta Farmers Market grocery store, book signings, local foods information fairs, etc. As Stone County Farmers Market grows, we look forward to bringing many of these programs to Stone County!
Market Location
Our market location is Centennial Bank Park at 121 Main Street. Our sincere appreciation goes to our partner, Centennial Bank, for their generosity and for supporting The Market in bringing fresh, local produce to our community and our visitors!
The Market is set up on the west end of Centennial Bank Park parking lot which we believe gives everyone – customers and vendors alike – the best shopping experience. First-arriving Vendors set up in a row facing Downtown with their backs to the sun which protects them, their produce and you! After that row is full, next-arriving Vendors form a row directly across from first arrivals and, hopefully, receive a good bit of shade from those 
Vendors who are set up across from them.
2010 Late Summer/Fall Hours – August through October
Saturdays, 8A-12 Noon
Parking
On Market Days, the parking lot entrance on the west side of the lot where the Market is set up is closed. Customers, and/or other visitors and citizens, can gain access to the parking lot through the east entrance where parking is immediately available in one of two rows. Upon entering the lot, customers can either turn left to park facing Centennial Bank or turn right to face the front of parked Vendor vehicles that have backed in to gain access to their booths. We’re doing our best to help provide the most efficient and safe use of available parking on the lot with directional signs and/or having someone help direct traffic flow. Please bear with us!
Fair Trade Policy (Ringing of the Bell)
New to the Market this year have been our Opening and Closing Bells. This practice is designed to help both Vendors and customers have the best Market experience possible as well as protect the value of the fresh, local produce being offered. Hard-working Vendors need time to set up their booths as well as fairly begin selling at exactly the same time. On Saturdays, the Opening Bell will ring at 8 AM with the Closing Bell ringing at 12 Noon. Vendors will wait for the Opening Bell to commence sales and will make no sales after the ringing of the Closing Bell. Thank you for respecting this important guideline.
AmVets Post #7
We acknowledge our partners, members of AmVets Post #7, for opening their newly-certified kitchen to Stone County Farmers Market Vendors. Their generosity has enabled our Vendors to offer baked and prepared food items to citizens and visitors to Stone County during our Market Season and will inevitably result in Vendors being able to offer some of the same items online during our off-season. Thanks, AmVets Post #7! Your contribution to The Market and to Stone County is greatly appreciated!