The Global Food Heritage Project identifies the places connected with our food heritage and spotlights the people who continue to preserve these sites today.

Food Heritage Sites:

Where Foods Began

Agricultural Technology

Farms

Ranches

Meat Industry

Seafood Industry

Orchards, Groves
& Plantations

Wineries & Breweries

Markets

Kitchens, Dining Halls & Cafeterias

Restaurants

Taverns, Pubs, Cafes & Teahouses

Processing Sites

Baking

Famous Recipe Sites

Factories

Famous Foodies

Corporate Origins

Historic Food Events

Museums & Exhibits

Remembering Food Places Past

Global Food Heritage Project:

Markets
Covered, open-air, farmstands and traveling markets

Lancaster City Market
America's oldest continuously operated covered market

Historic Markets
(This is a work in progress. We welcome input. Contact us.)

Canada
Barriere Farmers Market, Barriere, British Columbia
The Dufferin Grove Farmer's Market, Toronto, Ontario
Guelph Farmer's Market, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Marché Jean-Talon, Montreal, Quebec
Marché Atwater, Montreal, Quebec
St. Lawrence Market, Toronto, Ontario
St. Jacob's Farmer's Market, Waterloo, Ontario
Waterloo Farmer's Market, Waterloo, Ontario
Farmer's Markets of Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia

United Kingdom
Further information: List of farmers' markets in the United Kingdom

USA
Ardmore Farmers Market, Ardmore, Pennsylvania
Austin Farmers Market, Austin, Texas
Broad Street Market, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Central Market in Penn Square, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Crescent City Farmers Market, New Orleans, Louisiana
Dane County Farmers' Market, Madison, Wisconsin
Downtown Farmers Market, Des Moines, Iowa
Eastern Market, Detroit, Michigan
Eastern Market, Washington, D.C.
Farmers Market, Los Angeles, California
Farmers Market District, Dallas, Texas
Findlay Market, Cincinnati, Ohio
Grayslake Farmers Market Grayslake, Illinois
Green City Market, Chicago, Illinois
Green Dragon, Ephrata, Pennsylvania
Haymarket Square, Boston, Massachusetts
Kitsap County Farmers Markets Kitsap County, Washington
Lane County Farmers Market, Eugene, Oregon
Monday Market Providence, Rhode Island
Mount Pleasant Farmers Market, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
North Carolina State Farmers Market, Raleigh, North Carolina
Old LA (Highland Park) Farmers Market, Los Angeles, California
Pike Place Market, Seattle, Washington
The Peoples Grocery, Oakland, California
Portland Farmers Market, Portland, Oregon
Reading Terminal Market, Philadelphia, PA
Soulard Farmers Market, St. Louis, Missouri
Travers Park, Queens, New York
Union Square, New York City, Manhattan, New York
Watauga County Farmers' Market, Boone, NC
West Side Market, Cleveland, OH
Westwood Farmers Market, Los Angeles, California
Zern's Farmer's Market, Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania

Worldwide
Fruit Market, Hong Kong
Cai Rang Floating Market, Can Tho, Vietnam
Plaza Central, Santa Clara, Cuba, Santa Clara, Cuba
Largo Glênio Peres, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Ver-o-peso, Belém do Pará, Brazil
Naschmarkt, Vienna, Austria
Weekly Markets in Munich, Munich, Germany
Hakaniemi Market Hall, Helsinki, Finland
La Boqueria, Barcelona, Spain
Great Mosque of Djenné, Djenne, Mali