Farmers Markets

While roadside produce stands are commonplace in many areas, you probably never thought of stopping to pick up a dozen ears of sweet corn while driving on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

But the fact is that travelers can purchase locally grown Pennsylvania goods — such as fresh herbs, fruits, vegetables and home-baked goods — at any of four Farmers’ Markets on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

FARMERS WANTED
The Turnpike seeks vendors
to sell produce at its farmers'
markets. Interested
Pennsylvania farmers are
encouraged to contact Mike
Varner of the Department of
Agriculture at 717-787-2376
or Natalie Bortz of the Turnpike
Commission at 717-939-9551,
extension 2320.

Farmers’ Markets are located at the Valley Forge Service Plaza in Chester County, the Allentown Service Plaza in Lehigh County, the Sideling Hill Service Plaza in Fulton County and the New Stanton Service Plaza in Westmoreland County.

They operate from Memorial Day until Thanksgiving. Hours are Fridays and Sundays from 11 a.m. till dusk, and Saturdays and Mondays on holiday weekends from 10 a.m. till dusk.

Farmers who operate the markets sell products according to the seasons: asparagus, snow peas and vine-ripened greenhouse tomatoes in the spring; apples, cider, pumpkins and squash in the fall; and peaches, tomatoes and sweet corn in the summer.