Vendors
Freedom Farmers Market at The Carter Center offers a wide range of local products including fresh Organic and Naturally Grown produce, sustainably raised meats, farm fresh cured meats, cheese, yogurt, butter, fresh organic milk, farm fresh eggs, handmade preserves and pickles, handmade pasta, herbal teas and vinegars, baked goods, fresh coffee and much more!
We are sorry to say that the market is FULL at this time. For more information please consult our by laws, operating policies, to find out more on how we run our market, or email us with information about your business at freedomfarmersmkt@gmail.com
Note the following items are not accepted at Freedom Farmers Market: Food items not grown and/ or processed by the vendor, Beverages not produced by vendor business, Carnival-like foods such as: cotton candy, candy apples, candied nuts, kettle corn, toffee, taffy, Overly process and or fired foods, Hot prepared foods (unless participating in our POP UP CHEF program), Energy drinks, meat and dairy products treated with growth hormones such as rBGH, Farmed salmon or salmon products that are not wild caught, Genetically modified crops, Business that operate under a franchise agreement, Non-food items not grown and processed by the producer and arts and crafts unless participating in our Holiday Market Nov-Dec.
farmers + growers
Bee Wild Honey
Bee Wild is a 3-generation family owned and operated, sustainable Honeybee apiary in Gainesville Georgia. Owner, John Wright, and his family specialize in small seasonal batches of their varietal honeys so each honey contains its own unique flavor profile that varies year to year and season to season much like fine wine. Checkout their beelicious website at beewild.buzz.
Attends Market, January- December
Bella Vita Mushrooms
Bella Vita Mushrooms is a family owned mushroom farm that serves many communities in North West Georgia. At Bella Vita, we want our community to be fully nourished, to prevent sickness, and to fight disease. We want to educate our community on how to live a life free of medications and to enlighten all on the benefits mushrooms have to offer.
Attends Market, January- December
Buffalo Creek Berry Farm - Certified Naturally Grown
Our goal is to grow our products as naturally as possible without synthetic pesticides and herbicides, and we have been able to that with our Berries.
We never spray our berries. We use OMRI approved organic soil and plant amendments, worm castings and state of the art leaf tissue analysis to better understand potential deficiencies and where to focus plant nutrition. We are Certified Naturally Grown and aim to become certified Organic by 2022 and ultimately Demeter bio-dynamic by focusing on natural inputs, soil biology, and whole farm integration. Our commitment also is to offer these products at an affordable price to our customers, yet remembering we must cover farm costs.
Decimal Place Farms
Since 1995, Mary has been producing award-winning farmstead artisanal cheeses from Saanan goats. These goats are raised on farm and the chevre, tuma, feta-style, and special varietal cheeses are hand-crafted. These happy goats walk the earth gently.
Attends Market, January- December
Diamond Hill Farm - Certified Naturally Grown
Diamond Hill Farm is a small scale farm located on the outskirts of Athens, GA, operated since 2012 by Carter Dodd. We are passionate about growing flavorful nutritious food and top-quality flowers in ways that are sustainable for our land, our farmers, and our community. Find our produce at the Athens Farmers Market, Freedom Farmer’s Market (Atlanta), and Morningside Farmer’s Market (Atlanta), and at restaurants in Athens and Atlanta.
Attends Market, January- December
Dicky Farms
Dickey Farms has been growing peaches in the heartland of Georgia for over 120 years. Our growers are part of a multi-generational legacy with experience being handed down from one generation to the next.
We’re proud to be home to Georgia’s oldest, continuously operating peach packinghouse. In 1936, Robert L. “Mr. Bob” Dickey built the packinghouse with lumber hewn off his own land. Today, the long white building is a prominent landmark in historic Musella, Georgia. At the time of construction, the packinghouse was ideally located near rail lines for better transportation to the peach-hungry North.
Franklin Citrus
Franklin Citrus Farms in Statesboro, Georgia, Specializes in growing the amazing tree ripe, Satsuma Mandarin, Sweet Georgia Kisses.
Other citrus currently grown on the farm in limited quantities including but not limited to: Georgia Clementines, Tango Tangerines, Gold Nugget Tangerines and Page Tangerines. Our Harvest Season Begins around the middle of October and runs through the first of January.
Grateful Pastures - Certified Organic
Grateful Pastures is a small family farm in Mansfield, GA. We raise chickens on pasture for meat and eggs. What does it mean that our chicken is pasture-raised? In a nutshell, it means our chickens eat fresh grass every single day. We move their shelters every morning to a fresh patch of pasture so that they can enjoy nature's bounty of grass, seeds, and insects. Since our chickens live outdoors on fresh grass instead of in crowded houses, we never have to use antibiotics. We believe in ecologically-friendly regenerative farming, so we never use pesticides or chemical fertilizers on our pastures. We want to support ecological improvement on other farms as well, so we use Certified Organic Feed. All of this focus on environmental care ultimately leads to nutrient-packed and incredibly tasty chicken meat and eggs. When you buy our pasture-raised chicken, you can expect to taste chicken for the first time in your life. It is truly a different meat in both taste and texture, when raised properly. Tender, Juicy, Flavorful. Try some for dinner tonight!
Attends Market, January - December
GROW WHERE YOU ARE - Certified Naturally Grown
Grow Where You Are is a small farmer led collective and will be utilizing produce from our site in Druid Hills for the Freedom Farmers Market for the 2020 season with occasional over flow from our new site at Mayflor Farms (CNG) when available. Our focus on nutrition and culture leads us to grow and offer unique vegetables, herbs, flowers, and occasionally fruits as well as tea blends, herb and greens blends, farm-fresh skin care and art produced with what we grow.
We have been practicing organic farming methods for over 30 years collectively. We produce our own fermentations and composts to enrich our soil, adding organic matter, and producing our own green manures. We grow our own starts from non-gmo seeds and heirloom and work in partnership with other organizations to provide educational resources for new growers.
2019 brought with it a shift in our main location. In that time we have moved onto a private site within miles of the market. As the property owner is adjusting to having us on the property, we have waited until they are comfortable to have inspectors out to renew our CNG license. We plan to do that this season and will get that paperwork to you as soon as possible.
Attends the market on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Saturdays of January-December
Hickory Hill Farm- Certified Organic
Hickory Hill Farm is a small local family farm, owned and operated by Garry and Susan Shaw. We are located in northeast Georgia, in Oglethorpe County, in the community known to locals as "The Glade". The farm is a 204-acre tract of land, with 5 acres currently in garden. In 2010 we obtained our Certified Naturally Grown standing and in August of 2011 we are proud to say we obtained our USDA Certified Organic status on our vegetable and fruit garden only.
Attends Market, January-December
LITTLE FOX FARM - Certified Naturally Grown
Established in 2016, Little Fox Farm is located at the historic Glover family farm in Douglasville, Georgia. We are dedicated to providing Certified Naturally Grown, local vegetables to the community by working alongside nature, not against it. Our vegetables are grown in a bio-diverse environment using sustainable practices that preserve and improve the health of the land and the community. There are currently five acres under cultivation on the property in addition to a greenhouse and a high tunnel where we will be growing over a hundred different varieties of vegetables and flowers this season.
Attends Market, March-December
Beech Creek Orchards
15 acres of Apples, Peaches, and Veggies located in Tallapoosa GA. This farm was a working dairy farm until Heatherington’s punched it in the early 1950’s.
RIVERVIEW Farms -Certified Organic
Riverview Farms is a certified organic family farm on 200 acres in the beautiful foothills of the Appalachians in Northwest Georgia. In the fertile bottomlands of the Coosawattee River west of Carter’s Lake, we gently cultivate certified organic vegetables. We also raise Berkshire pork, and grass-fed beef on certified organic pastures.
Attends Market, January-December
Row by Rowe Organic Farm - Certified Naturally Grown
Josh and Jess Plymale are the husband and wife team behind Row by Rowe Organic Farm. Just a few last names removed from Rowe, these two are working to bring life back to an old family farm. Row by Rowe Organic Farm, located only 60 miles southwest of Atlanta in Luthersville, sits on a small 20 acre sliver of Rowe Family Farms. There are currently 2 acres in annual vegetable production, 1 acre in small fruits with herbs dispersed throughout and the goal of reintroducing native plants and trees back to the area. With an emphasis on a healthy farm ecology we utilize all over compost and mulch in our annual beds, hedgerows in between plots and along the fence edge and grow over 80 different plants and varieties. We believe that a healthy and diverse farm ecology leads to healthy soil and healthy soil leads to quality nutritious vegetables for our customers. We can’t wait to feed you!'
Attends Market, January- December
Signal Mountain Farm - Certified Organic
Signal Mountain Farm is a certified organic farm located just outside of Chattanooga. Thomas O’Neal, a Signal Mountain native, grows over 60 varieties of the best organic fruits and vegetables you'll find—from specialty lettuces and sweet peppers to juicy blueberries and heirloom tomatoes.
Thomas spent his summers living with his sister in Maui. He developed a passion for organic farming while helping out on fruit farms, growing bananas, avocados, coconuts, and papayas. In 1998, Thomas founded Signal Mountain Farm with a quarter acre garden and home deliveries to family and friends. His goal was to cultivate the highest quality, certified organic produce in Chattanooga.
Attends Market, April-November
Smyly Farm - Certified Naturally Grown
Attends Market, Year Round
Snapfinger Farm - Certified ORGANIC
Rahul Anand started Snapfinger Farm in 2016 on 14 acres just outside of Atlanta. We took horse pastures and turned them into vegetable fields, built a walk-in cooler, wash station, hoop houses and more. We farm using sustainable methods with no herbicides and minimal organic pesticides. We harvest mostly by hand and keep a diverse rotation of crops. If you have any questions about our growing practices, just ask!
Attends Market, Year Round
Ups + Downs Farm
Sustainably grown specialty produce & garlic farm since 2012
Watsonia Farms - Certified ORganic
Watsonia Farms is the only substantial grower of USDA Organic peaches anywhere in the southeastern United States, and all of our peaches are certified by the USDA for Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) in the field and Good Handling Practices (GHP) after the harvest.
Woodland Gardens - Certified ORganic
Woodland Gardens is a certified organic vegetable, fruit and cut-flower farm in Winterville, Georgia, just outside of Athens. Established in 2000, we specialize in highly diverse annual production, and we grow over 80 different fruits and vegetables. Our focus is specialty production for chefs and market. We operate year-round and utilize several types of greenhouses and high tunnels to extend our seasons and increase the quality of our production. We strive for high efficiency and unique quality on our twelve acres in production, and we are continually improving our inputs. Everyone on our farm team is skilled and experienced, and that keeps our farm tremendously productive.
Attends Market, March-December
ARTISANAL FOODS
1000 Faces Coffee
1000 Faces is a coffee roaster, merchant of change, and voyager of the agrarian spirit. We travel to countries of origin and establish relationships with producers to ensure the integrity of our coffee. We have been honored two years running by the Good Food Awards for responsible production and shear quality. The company is located in Athens, Georgia, carrying on the small town's legacy of creating unique products of enlivening substance.
Attends Market, Year Round
Georgia Grinders
Georgia Grinders strives to create extraordinary nut butters from simple, clean ingredients to fuel your adventurous life. It is our belief that every culinary experience be savored and define the taste of health. Sourcing the highest quality, organic, natural and Non-GMO ingredients, Georgia Grinders Premium Nut Butters are handcrafted in small batches to ensure quality, freshness and flavor in a facility that we own and operate in Chamblee, Georgia.
Attends Market, Year Round
Little Tart Bakeshop
Ohio-native Sarah O’Brien started Little Tart Bakeshop at Atlanta’s farmers markets in 2010. Drawn to the south by its long growing season, excellent produce, and friends who had made the vibrant city of Atlanta home, O’Brien opened her first brick and mortar shop at the Jane in Grant Park in 2011. A stall at the Krog Street Market followed in 2014, plus a new location in Summerhill in 2019, and Little Tart can still be found at farmers markets around town.
Attends Market, Year Round
Oliver Farm
The Oliver Farm located near Pitts, Georgia in Wilcox County is a family owned and operated working farm. Since 2012 the farm has been recognized by the state of Georgia for being a centennial farm; a farm owned by the same family for 100 years or more. Originally purchased in 1903 by Daniel Henderson Watson, the farm is currently owned and operated by the fifth generation of the same family.
Oliver Farm makes cold pressed, non-GMO oils from sunflower, pecan, peanut, sesame, walnut, and pumpkin. They also make Glutton free flour from pecans, peanuts!
Attends the market on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays, Year Round
Piedmont Provisions
Piedmont Provisions is based in lovely Athens, GA. We handcraft small batch preserves, jam, mustard, pickles, vinegar, shrubs and all things saucy, using regionally sourced and organic ingredients whenever possible. Our preserves are created using traditional methods and hand-hammered copper pots, which allow the true fruit flavor to shine without being overly processed.
Attends Market, Year Round
Pine Street Market
Pine Street Market produces a variety of handmade artisan meats such as salami, bacon, sausage, pancetta and coppa. We bring together the best of time tested recipes and cutting edge technology to offer the highest quality, USDA inspected products. It's applying a fine dining philosophy to the foods we enjoy everyday.
Attends Market, Year Round
Pride Road
Pride Road LLC is a family owned and operated food manufacturing company that produces all natural locally grown Hibiscus based products. Our Hibiscus begins from seeds collected from the previous season’s harvest. These seeds are grown into transplants and planted at local Georgia farms. The harvesting process requires that each calyx is individually hand-picked and cored where they are processed and packaged locally at our multi-processing facility located in Lithonia Georgia.
The Georgia climate offers an ideal environment for Hibiscus growth. We only give our plants the best possible feed, Sun and Rain and Georgia has plenty.
Attends Market, Year Round
Raw HEad Bread
Raw Head Bread is a start up company that has evolved to change the way that people approach healthy snacks and breads. With the collaboration of Chef Amen Raw we have taken the time to create a variety of tasty treats that will promote a supreme sense of wellness.
Say yes to a healthier option!
Attends Market, 1st and 3rd Saturdays, Year Round
Star Provisions
Atlanta's culinary dream shop will be bringing their freshly baked breads to the farmers' market. Imagine having access to the pantry and walk-in cooler of Bacchanalia for your cooking preparations. That's what Star Provisions is all about.
Attends Market, March-December
Stone Mountain Herbs
Stone Mountain Herbs blends functional herbal teas that provide many healthy benefits. We make our own skin salves, lip balms and bath salts. All of our ingredients are sustainably harvested and organically grown. We grow many of our ingredients at The Funny Farm in Stone Mountain, GA.
Attends Market, January- December
Artisan Arts
Turnrow Bath BOdy and Home
Turnrow is a female owned, family business that creates vegan friendly body care products and soy candles for everyday use. Our products are hand crafted using high quality ingredients and packaged responsibly in compostable, biodegradable and recyclable containers. We offer bottle refills and package recycling with our products as well. Whenever possible, we source our materials from local farms.
Big Daddy Biscuits
Organic, All Natural Dog Biscuits and Care Products. You and your dogs will feel good about our healthy dog treats.
They are handmade with love in Atlanta, Georgia with fresh ingredients that are locally and sustainably farmed.
Once a Month Vendors
Ancient Awakenings
Holistic Health/Alternative Therapies, and Probiotic Foods
seafood
Capt Don’s Seafood
Sustainably caught fresh never frozen Georgia Shrimp!
Dougs Wild Alaska Salmon
The Resetarits family split their time between South Carolina and Alaska. Doug is a part-time Carolinian, but a 30 year Homer, Alaska native. He is a licensed Coast Guard captain and former Bering Sea crabber of TV’s Deadliest Catch Fame. Alaska salmon fisheries are certified sustainable and recognized worldwide as a model of successful fisheries management and economic prosperity. They operate four, 32 foot fishing boats in Bristol Bay, the largest wild red salmonor sockeye salmon fishery in the world. While Alaska is a huge state, it has a small population giving them one of the cleanest and most natural marine environments on earth.