Farmers Market at Pepper Place named 7th best in U.S.

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Farmers Market at Pepper Place. (Pat Byington / Bham Now)

The readers of USA Today have named the Farmers Market at Pepper Place the seventh best Farmers Market in the U.S. 

A well deserved honor, the Farmers Market at Pepper Place is celebrating its 25th Anniversary this year.

β€œWe are so proud and honored to have been nominated and then recognized as one of the 10 best farmers markets in America by USA Today.”

Leigh Sloss Corra

Pepper Place to celebrate 25th year

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Strawberries at Farmers Market at Pepper Place. (Pat Byington / Bham Now)

Nominated as one of USA Today’s 20 Best Farmers Market, readers voted in March and April from a list of 20 nominees. Last week, USA Today whittled down the list and announced the β€œ10Best.”

Here are the places that were six spots ahead of Pepper Place:

  1. Soda City Market, Columbia, South Carolina
  2. West Palm GreenMarket, West Palm Beach, Florida
  3. Kaka’ako Farmers Market, Honolulu, Hawaii
  4. Burlington County Farmers Market, Moorestown, New Jersey
  5. Worthington’s Farmers Market, Worthington, Ohio
  6. Ferry Plaza Farmers Market, San Francisco, California

β€œAt the Market at Pepper Place, we work hard all year to be the best we possibly can and it’s gratifying to see that other people feel the same way about our market that we do. 

What awesome recognition to help us celebrate our 25th anniversary this year.”

Leigh Sloss Corra

Haven’t been to the Farmers Market at Pepper Place? It opens every Saturday from 7AM to 12PM. Check out this week’s vendor list β€” HERE.

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Pat Byington
Pat Byington

Longtime conservationist. Former Executive Director at the Alabama Environmental Council and Wild South. Publisher of the Bama Environmental News for more than 18 years. Career highlights include playing an active role in the creation of Alabama's Forever Wild program, Little River Canyon National Preserve, Dugger Mountain Wilderness, preservation of special places throughout the East through the Wilderness Society and the strengthening (making more stringent) the state of Alabama's cancer risk and mercury standards.

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