Always fresh. Always local.

The Athens Farmers Market is a year-round market located in Athens, Ohio, in the southeastern part of the state. Named "one of the nation's best markets" by Audubon Magazine, the Athens Farmers Market has over 70 member producers from the surrounding local area, offering a wide variety of organically, sustainably and conventionally grown products including fresh produce, meats, eggs, cheese, jams and preserves, honey, maple syrup, flowers and nursery plants, baked goods, candies and chocolates, breads, herbs, teas, salsas, wine and much more.

Executive committee and staff

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Chris Chmiel, Committee Member

Chris, owner of Integration Acres, runs one of the largest processors of pawpaws, with a product line that includes frozen pawpaw pulp, jarred pawpaw products and pawpaw seeds and trees. they also offer forest-farmed, locally foraged crops like spicebush berries, black walnuts and ramps.

Jerome Grskovic, Committee Member

Jerome brings fresh-picked super greens (cooking & salad), lettuce, rhubarb, carrots, beets, radishes, okra, tomatoes, peppers, ground cherries, fresh herbs, mushrooms, onions, garlic, cucumbers, and plant starts to the market.

Ken Henderson, Committee Member

AFM Member since 2021

Owner of Green Edge Gardens; an indoor microgreen and herb farm.

Ken decided to join the EC to be more active in the Athens Farmers Market and do his part to make sure the market is providing as much support to the members as possible.

For Ken, the best part of the market is his fellow vendors. He is very new to operating a business and thinks being surrounded with other passionate, hardworking people is going to be invaluable to Green Edge as they grow and develop the operation.

Fun Fact: The farm helps Ken and Zach support their menagerie of a dog, two cats, two axolotls, a tortoise, a handful of chickens, and several fish.

Sarah Tucker, Committee Member

Reggie Morrow, Community Member

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CHRIS BURKE, Secretary

Chris Burke is a long-time resident of Athens, owns and operates Laughing Leaf Studio as a ceramic artist, and has been the secretary for AFM since 2009.

TANYA HIRE, Market Manager

SAMANTHA UMSTEAD, Assistant Market Manager

SEAN PIERCE, Promotions Manager