Locally grown food can be fruits and vegetables, dairy products and eggs, locally raised meats, and even honey. Local farmers give you access to fresher and healthier produce. Produce is seasonal and picked when ripe, and meat is often hormone and preservative-free. Buying local keeps your money in your community. This guide lists where you can purchase local foods.
Faithful Families Program
Faithful Families Thriving Communities (Faithful Families) works directly in communities of faith across the country to promote health for individuals, families, and local communities. The practice-tested program is open to all faith and religious traditions and engages faith communities in health education, environmental changes to support health, and community-wide health initiatives.
The 9-week Faithful Families curriculum is co-taught by nutrition and physical activity educators and trained lay leaders from faith communities in small group sessions. Participants of the class not only receive great education, they will also taste test a new recipe each week and take home a Faithful Families Cookbook!
Expand to View the Nine Lessons
- Plan: Know What’s for Dinner
- Shop: Get the Best for Less
- Shop for Value, Check the Facts
- Fix it Fast, Eat at Home
- Choosing More Fruits & Vegetables
- Fix it Safe
- Making Smart Drink Choices
- Choosing to Move More
- Making the Connection
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Boxes
For those who may be unaware of what a CSA is, a CSA is a direct, food-share partnership between You and your Farmer. CSAs are great for people who are adventurous in the kitchen, the vegetables or meat from the farm is what the farmer has available or what was harvested from the field that week.
- Red Beard Farms: Produce CSA w/ Option Egg Add On
- Terra Vita Farms: Produce CSA
- Feast Down East: Produce CSA
New Hanover Food Map
Click here to explore restaurants, farms, & seafood markets where you can purchase local food.
Farmers Market
Wilmington Farmers Market at Tidal Creek
Location: 5329 Oleander Drive, Wilmington, NC 28403
Times: Saturday: 8 a.m.–1 p.m., year-round
Payment Options: Accepts SNAP & matches up to $20 for food items.
Feast Down East Mobile Market
Locations and times vary, year-round.
Accepts SNAP & matches up to $20 for fresh produce.
Hampstead Farmers Market
Location: Shaka Taco Beer Garden
Times: Thursdays: 4 p.m - 5 p.m.
Biggers Market
Location: Market St, Wilmington, NC 284056458 Carolina Beach Rd, Wilmington, NC 28412
Times: Monday - Sunday, seasonal
Farmers Market at Poplar Grove
Location: 10200 US Hwy 17N, Wilmington, NC 28411
Times: Wednesday: 8 a.m.–1 p.m., seasonal
RiverFront Farmers Market
Location: Dock Street between 2nd & Water Streets in downtown Wilmington, NC
Times: Saturday 8 a.m.–1 p.m., seasonal
Wrightsville Beach Farmers Market
Location: Municipal Grounds -- Adjacent to Town Hall
Times: Monday: 8 a.m.–1 p.m., seasonal
Carolina Beach Market
Location: Shores of the lake
Times: Saturday: 8 a.m - 1 p.m., seasonal
