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Shop the region’s premier Farmers  & Fisheries Market for the freshest local produce, citrus and seafood plus farm fresh eggs, cheese, jellies, pickles, fresh baked bread, cakes, pies and other desserts of all types.

No need to cook, just pick up some of the delicious prepared foods. We have out of this world BBQ, down home Cajun cooking, BBQ Shrimp, Philippine food, crawfish bread and much more. And snack on fresh “cracklins” or sip a cappuccino while you stroll the market.

There are plants for your garden, art for your walls and beautiful, unique handcrafted items and jewelry available nowhere else.  Enjoy Music at the Market every Saturday during regular market hours.

Westwego Farmers & Fisheries Market and St Bernard Parish Animal Shelter have partnered and are having a Pet Adoption Day. Visit the Adoption Bus and Tent at the Market Sat Nov 22, 10am -2pm.

Pony rides are back this month on Nov 15 & 22 from 10am – 1pm. And every Saturday there is face painting and crafts for the kids to do at several vendor booths.

Westwego Farmers & Fisheries Market is the perfect place to get everything you need for Thanksgiving except the turkey and do your Christmas shopping, too!

Farmers markets are an important part of the city to farm connection and have continued to rise in popularity. More and more consumers have an  interest in obtaining fresh products directly from the farm. Farmers markets allow consumers to have access to locally grown, farm fresh produce. The farmers also have an opportunity to develop a personal relationship with their customers, and cultivate consumer loyalty with the farmers who grows the produce. Direct marketing of  farm products through farmers markets continues to be a very important sales outlet for agricultural producers nationwide. Today, there are more than 4,300 farmers markets operating throughout the nation and many of them in right here in Louisiana

Consumers spend an estimated $1 billion per year at farmers markets, estimates The United States Department of Agriculture.

In October 2007, the USDA released $900,000 to several states to be used to start farmers markets, or promote and expand established markets. Twenty-three grants total, this was the second time in as many years the federal government earmarked money for such projects, under the USDA’s Farmers Market Promotion Program.