“The market is one of my favorite things about La Grande. Farm fresh produce, plants, sauces, baked goods plus live music and lots of smiling faces.”

— Kelly Belton Ducote

“Quality fresh produce, great live music, a really sociable time carousing amongst the booths/vendors—visiting with the locals & meeting new friends and all that good stuff!”

— Jeni Kaybee

The 2025 season is almost over!

🌾 La Grande Farmers Market — Final Weeks of 2025 Season
Thank you for another wonderful season! The **2025 La Grande Farmers Market** has brought together growers, makers, musicians, and our community since opening May 10th.
As fall is upon us and winter on its way, we’re entering the **last couple of weeks** of market gatherings. Don’t miss your chance to stock up on local produce, handmade goods, and seasonal treats before we wrap for the year.
**Market days**:
• Tuesdays October 7th and `14th— 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM
• Saturdays October 11th and 18th — 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
**Location**: Corner of 4th Street & Adams Avenue (Max Square), Downtown La Grande, Oregon
The **market season ends October 18**!
Be sure to catch the last Tuesday and Saturday markets — including final displays of pumpkins, fall squash, late-season greens, preserves, and more.
We’ll post updates via our website, newsletter, and social media in case of any changes. Thank you for supporting the La Grande Farmers Market all season long. We look forward to seeing you these final weeks, and can’t wait to begin again in 2026!

The 2025 Fruit Pie Festival was another HUGE success thanks to our amazing pie donors!! We want to express so much love and appreciation for all things PIE!!! Your contributions truly made this celebration possible and memorable! Thank you all once again!!

Looking for Sponsors!

**🌱 Help Grow Something Great — Support the La Grande Farmers Market for 2026! 🌱**
Friends, neighbors, businesses, organizations — we’re calling on you to help make the 2026 season of the La Grande Farmers Market our strongest yet.
For over 40 years, the La Grande Farmers Market has been a hub of fresh local produce, artisan goods, community connection, and healthy living in Eastern Oregon. To continue and grow this tradition, we rely on the generosity of supporters like you.
**Why your support matters:**
Keeps fresh, local food accessible to everyone in our community
Helps fund our **Double Up Food Bucks** program, which matches SNAP dollars so families can stretch their food budget further
Enables us to bring in live music, educational programming, signage, infrastructure, and market operations
Strengthens local farmers, food artisans, and small businesses
**How you can help:**
We’re seeking:
**Financial donations or sponsorships** (large or small)
**In-kind contributions** — goods, services, or materials we can use
**Volunteer support or partnerships** — your time, your networks, your expertise
As a sponsor or donor, you’ll get recognition through signage, social media, name in our market materials, and more.
**Ways to donate:**
Mail a check to:
La Grande Farmers’ Market
P.O. Box 981
La Grande, OR 97850 La Grande Farmers Market
Donate online at: Support the Market — La Grande Farmers Market
Drop off or contribute in person at the market during market hours
Contact us to arrange in-kind or sponsorship contributions
**Be a Friend of the Market**
When you become a “Friend of the Market,” you receive a special “Friend Card” and perks during the market season. Link: Friends of the Market — La Grande Farmers Market

The mission of the La Grande Farmers' Market is to enhance the economic sustainability of our region's farms by providing a venue for the exchange of quality locally grown goods while creating a vibrant community gathering place.

We at LGFM engage in active inclusivity, respect, and support for all people from all walks of life.

LGFM welcomes ***all persons,*** including applicants and employees, to the market regardless of age, gender, gender identity, disability, national origin, race, religion, or veteran status. Any action that is not in keeping with a welcoming environment (assault, harassment, and intimidation) will not be tolerated by the organization. Any violation of this policy should be immediately reported to the market manager and/or board. Any person exhibiting behavior that is unwelcoming will be asked to leave the market immediately. Any vendor who exhibits unwelcoming behavior may be suspended or banned from the market, at the discretion of the market manager.

Say Hi to LGFM’s Operations Manager!

This, ladies and gents, is Lance Nielsen. He is the husband of Candi, our Farmers Market manager, and the Operations Manager for La Grande Farmers Market. You will see him at the Info Booth in his signature Market shirt handing out tokens and taking payments and being an all-around great help at the market.
Lance is from Union, Oregon and grew up there after living in all kinds of places in Oregon, as his dad was in road construction. His family settled on a beautiful piece of property above the Union Cemetary, where they raised sheep, chickens, horses, turkeys, and had an amazing garden each year. He and his wife (Candi) and their 2 daughters moved to La Grande in 1997, where they raised their family. Lance is an EOU graduate (class of 2019) and loves spending time fishing, hunting, and traveling.
Please be sure to stop by and say HI to Lance!!

July 19, 2021

Air Quality Policy

July 19, 2021/ La Grande Farmers Market

La Grande Farmers Market will continue to implement the Air Quality Policy during each new season! Please read for details…

The market will be open every Saturday and Tuesday as normal unless the air quality reaches levels outlined below. Please read the policy carefully:

If the air quality is projected to reach the "Very Unhealthy" level, the market will be open but will close at 11 AM instead of noon. This level is represented by any number 201 and above on the Air Quality Index. By shortening the market, our customers still have access to healthy food, and our vendors are able to make the income they depend on.

If the air quality is projected to reach the "Hazardous" level, the market will be closed that day. This level is represented by any number 301 and above on the Air Quality Index. Hazardous air levels make it unsafe for all persons to be outside for any period of time.

We will provide our vendors and customers with 48-hour notice. Changes to market operations due to air quality are based on the forecast provided on IQ air. You can keep an eye on the air quality projections using the same resource LGFM uses. The link is included for your convenience below.
Follow the air quality in La Grande here!

Stay tuned to our newsletter, social media, and website for the most up to date information going forward.

March 08, 2021

We LOVE our vendors!!!

March 08, 2021/ La Grande Farmers Market

At the La Grande Farmers Market, our vendors are more than just sellers — they’re the lifeblood of our market. Each week, they bring their hard work, creativity, and passion to the corner of 4th and Adams, transforming it into a vibrant hub of local flavor and community connection.

From farmers who rise before dawn to harvest fresh produce, to bakers, artisans, and food makers who pour love into every item they create — our market simply wouldn’t exist without them. Their dedication keeps our community nourished, our downtown lively, and our mission thriving.

When you shop at the market, you’re not just buying local — you’re supporting your neighbors, small family farms, and the spirit of Eastern Oregon. Every smile, every purchase, every “see you next week” helps keep the heart of the La Grande Farmers Market beating strong.

❤️ Thank you to all of our incredible vendors — you are what makes this market truly special.

January 30, 2021

Start planning to be a part of LGFM for next season! We are always taking applications!

January 30, 2021/ La Grande Farmers Market

We are so excited to again partner with our vendors in bringing fresh local food, produce, and unique craft items to our community. We would love to help new vendors turn their passion into a small business.

Our vendor application is available to interested vendors! Market season for 2026 will begin in mid-May and it is sure to be a FUN season, and we want you to know that we just LOVE our vendors! Pricing is dependent on what size of booth you want and what day(s) you want to sell on! We offer both Tuesday and Saturday booth pricing! You can simply pay to be a “daily” vendor, where you only pay for the days you choose to sell at the market or you can pay for the whole season up front, which offers AMAZING savings!

Please view our “apply to be a vendor” tab above for more details and to fill out an online application through the Google Form. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out to our Market Manager, Candi at 541-805-4572.

Yay for the 2025 Market Season! We are eagerly anticipating the upcoming 2026 season! We can’t wait to see you all there!

Nella mae’s Farm Greenhouse, August 2020

August 19, 2020

Want to continue to support our market? Help us celebrate many, many more years of La Grande Farmers Market!

August 19, 2020/ La Grande Farmers Market

The La Grande Farmers Market is celebrating over 40 years of being your one-stop shop for fresh local produce, delicious beef and chicken, eggs, local artwork, crafted items, home baked goods, hot and delicious foods, and SO much more!

LGFM THANKS YOU!!!

For many, many wonderful years filled with joy and community spirit, and with hopes for many more to come in the future!

We need your continued support to ensure that the market community of agriculture and small business continues to flourish. We are asking for your support in this continuing effort!

Your support accomplishes:

A consistent source of fresh, nutritious, local food for La Grande residents.
Support for necessary grants including the SNAP and DUFB programs.
Continued and ongoing training for managers and staff.
Consumer education about crop seasonality, storage, and use.
Market equipment, including supplies, signs, permits, etc.

Live MUSIC at the market!

You can donate online by clicking the tab above titled “Sponsor & Donate”, or by choosing any of the three ways listed below:

In Person @ Market:

Or drop off at our partner, Spokane Teachers Credit Union (STCU), just tell them it’s for La Grande Farmers Market!

Or…By Mail
P.O. Box 981
La Grande, OR
97850

June 05, 2020

Say HELLO to the LGFM Manager!

June 05, 2020/ La Grande Farmers Market

Here is La Grande Farmers Market’s Market Manager!!

This is LGFM’s manager! Her name is Candi Nielsen, and she started out as a volunteer with the Market and then was the Assistant Manager for several seasons and then she became the manager a couple of years ago. You probably have seen her at the Info booth, handing out tokens, taking questions, helping vendors get settled and being a constant presence at the market.
Candi was raised here locally in beautiful Union, Oregon, where she lived with her family on a small family farm with a vegetable garden, honeybee hives, fruit trees, a greenhouse, chickens, lambs, pigs, horses and many other animals. She spent her childhood learning how to preserve the vegetables and fruit harvested, fixing fences, exploring the woods outside Union, as well as hunting, fishing, foraging for mushrooms and gathering huckleberries with her family. She was an avid horseback rider and was part of her local 4-H club and high school FFA club. She has many fond memories of traveling to La Grande and going with her mom to the Farmers Market and recalls it being what she fondly calls a weekly “pilgrimage” for her family. She continued this same ritual with her own daughters and now continues the tradition with her grandchildren.
Be sure to stop by and say HI to Candi, your friendly LGFM manager!

April 24, 2018

We are LOVING having Double Up Food Bucks (DUFB) BACK FOR ANOTHER YEAR!

April 24, 2018/ La Grande Farmers Market

STRETCH YOUR FOOD DOLLARS WITH DOUBLE UP FOOD BUCKS!

Double Up Food Bucks is a triple win! It helps feed low income families, gives farmers a financial boost, and helps grow Oregon’s economy! See…TRIPLE WIN!

DUFB is a nutrition incentive program that matches SNAP benefits to enable participants to purchase additional fresh fruits and vegetables at farmers markets.
Farmers markets are for everyone!
Spend $20 in SNAP, get $20 in Double Up Food Bucks free!

This is a simply wonderful program that benefits so many of our community members and will once again be back in 2026!