Montgomery’s State Farmers Market has been operating for 32 years.
The State Farmers Market in Montgomery is a family-friendly market located off of Federal Drive next to the Alabama National Fairgrounds Garrett Coliseum, and near the Montgomery Zoo.
According to the owner, Jean Wright, the market was built in 1986 by the state of Alabama. Today, the building still operates in its original structure with the same ownership. Wright has been the owner of the farmer’s market for over 30 years.
Jean Wright, owner of Wright’s Produce, posing in State Farmers Market’s nursery.
The State Farmers Market is the only market built by the state. Though others are also decades old, the market is the oldest continuously operating one in Alabama. The State Farmers Market is constantly busy with frequent visits from its loyal customers.
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-Cierra Juett
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This article was written as a creative project assignment for a journalism course, Media Writing II, at Auburn University at Montgomery in Spring 2018. More information and amazing articles can be found here!
We left Montgomery in 1969 🙁 But at that time we went down town to a Farmers Market. Any one remember where it was? I was pretty young….