Organic squash for sale in a farmer's market.

Organic squash for sale in a farmer's market. Farmers markets, sometimes called green markets, are markets, usually held out-of-doors, in public spaces, where farmers can sell produce to the public.

Farmers market produce is renowned for being locally-grown and very fresh. People argue farmers markets allow farmers to pick produce at the peak of flavor, preserve the nutritional content of fresh produce, and since locally-grown produce does not travel as far to get to your table, the difference in mileage saves fossil fuels.

Farmers markets often feature produce grown naturally or organically, meats that are raised humanely on pasture, handmade farmstead cheeses, eggs and poultry from free-range fowl, as well as heirloom produce and heritage breeds of meat and fowl.