In the summer, when our region is tomato lucious and raspberry wonderful, we eat what's fresh-picked with abandon. It's the season to eat with our hands: corn on the cob, slices of melon and baskets of blueberries. We savor peaches and let the juice run down our chins, rivulets from wrist to elbows. We shuck peas and eat them raw, the fresh greenness both crisp and sweet. Packed with flavor, there's no need to dress up produce that comes straight from the farm.

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YEAR-ROUND COVERED MARKETS

When produce is in high season, it’s the roadside stands and growers’ markets that lure you in with just-picked harvests. But for those who need a weekly fix of fresh local wares, our region offers a wealth of dependable resources to fill out the grocery list. Often housed in historic market buildings, these collections of produce vendors and fishmongers, butchers and bakers, bulk food purveyors and flower growers, create a year-round community.

York County
The New Eastern Market, 201 Memory Lane, York; 755-5811 — Fri
Central Market, 34 W. Philadelphia St., York; 848-2243 — Tue, Thu, Sat
Market and Penn Street Farmers Market, 380 W. Market St., York; 848-1402 — Tue, Fri, Sat
Hanover Farmers Market, 210 E. Chestnut St., Hanover; 637-3877 — Sat

Lancaster County
Central Market, Penn Square, corner of King & Queen Sts., Lancaster; 291-4723 — Tue, Fri, Sat
Roots County Farmers Market, 705 Graystone Rd., near Manheim; 898-7811 — Tue
Green Dragon Farmers Market, 955 N. State St., Ephrata; 733-7554 — Fri
Columbia Market House, 3rd & Locust Sts., Columbia; 684-5767 — Thu, Sat

Dauphin County
Broad Street Market, 1233 N. 3rd St., Harrisburg; 236-7923 — Thu, Fri, Sat
West Shore Farmers Market, 900 Market St., Lemoyne; 737-9881 — Tue, Fri, Sat
Saturday’s Market, 3751 E. Harrisburg Pike, Middletown; 944-2555 — Sat

Lebanon County
Lebanon Farmers Market, 35 S. 8th St., Lebanon; 272-9227 — Thu, Fri, Sat

Cumberland County
Village Market, 1446 Holly Pike, Carlisle; 249-7515 — Fri, Sat

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