Below, experts share farmers market tips and tricks to make the most of your next shopping trip, plus ways to save on your haul — whether you’re new to the experience or a seasoned shopper.

You can make the most of your farmers market experience across five key categories: fruit, produce, baked goods, fish, and homemade items like guacamole, jams and soups, with the tips shared below.

Shopping at local farmers markets has many benefits for both your family and the community. Producer-only farmers markets carry items sold by those who grew or handmade them, directly connecting ...

As you'll see, sometimes the prices at farmers' markets reflect other elements of the growing process, not just the end-stage selling. You may be buying a higher-quality food than what you'd buy at ...

Nothing beets the farmers market — unless you get sick from shopping there. 48 million people fall ill from foodborne diseases each year in the US, sending 128,000 to the hospital and killing ...

The challenge of shopping at the farmers market is not get discouraged by the perception of costs, or accidentally walk away spending twice as much as you wanted.