Tuscaloosa Pop-Up Farmers Markets Return Thursday

TUSCALOOSA, AL — The City of Tuscaloosa’s Pop-Up Farmers Market will roll out for its 2021 season Thursday at the McAbee Activity Center.

The market, which began last year as part of a grant awarded to the city from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, supports 70 vendors and is anchored around Hale Farms — a family-owned operation based in Chilton County.

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“Our team was so excited to be awarded the USDA grant to expand the Tuscaloosa Farmers Market,” City Venues Operations Manager Alexis Clark said in a press release. “The River Market will continue to provide fresh fruits and vegetables on Saturdays, and these additional Pop-Up Markets around the city Monday through Friday will help to make local produce even more accessible to our citizens.”

As is the case with Saturday markets, the city says the Pop-Up Markets will accept Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Women, Infants, & Children (WIC) & Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) payments.

“I believe that everyone deserves access to fresh, healthy food,” Mayor Walt Maddox said. “I’m very proud of our team’s initiative to make this vision a reality, and thrilled to continue to expand accessibility to the Farmers Market and grow our support of local farmers.”

The Pop-Up Farmers Markets will operate from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday until Sept. 30. The schedule will remains the same throughout the season.

• Mondays: McDonald Hughes Community Center, 3101 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
• Tuesdays: Harmon Park, 2901 Greensboro Ave.
• Wednesdays: Annette N. Shelby Park, 1614 15th St.
• Thursdays: McAbee Activity Center, 3901 Loop Road
• Fridays: The Gateway Innovation and Discovery Center, 2614 University Blvd. E.

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