Cary Downtown Farmers Market

3-6 p.m. Tuesday, 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday, Harrison Avenue and Academy at Amtrak Station. www.caryfarmersmarket.com

City Market Produce

7 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday- Saturday, 333 Blake St., Raleigh. Two vendors.

Fuquay-Varina Farmers Market

3-6 p.m. Wednesday, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday, corner of Main and Vance streets (next to Ann's Diamonds).

State Farmers Market

5 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 1-6 p.m. Sunday, 1201 Agriculture St., off Lake Wheeler Road north of Interstate 40, Raleigh. Operated year-round by the N.C. Department of Agriculture, the market is home to many farm stands and several retailers, selling such products as honey, herbs and other specialty items. www.ncagr.com/markets/facilit/farmark/raleigh/index.htm

Holly Springs Farmers Market

8 a.m. -noon Saturday, beginning first Saturday in May; 128 S. Main St., in the parking lot on South Main Street between Town Hall and Mims Towne Square, Holly Springs. www.hollyspringsnc.us/farmersmarket/

Wake Forest Farmers' Market

8 a.m.-noon Saturday, South White Street in downtown Wake Forest, in the municipal parking lot with the gazebo. www.wakeforestmarket.org

Moore Square Farmers Market

10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, beginning April 16, Moore Square at the intersection of Blount and Martin streets in downtown Raleigh. www.godowntownraleigh.com/farmersmarket/index.htm

North Hills Farmers' Market

8 a.m.-noon Saturday, beginning April 19. In the Commons at North Hills Mall, Raleigh.

Durham County

Durham Farmers Market

8 a.m.-noon Saturday, and, starting May 7, 3:30-6:30 p.m., Wednesday, the Pavilion at Durham Central Park on Foster Street. www.durhamfarmersmarket.com

Chatham County

The Farmers' Market at Fearrington Village

4 p.m.-dusk Tuesdays, On the grassy lot beside the Fitch Creations Administration building in Fearrington Village, 100 Village Way, Pittsboro, NC 27312 542-2121, www.fearrington.com.

Pittsboro Farmers' Market

3:30-6:30 p.m. Thursdays. Chatham County Fairgrounds, Pittsboro. www.ces.ncsu.edu/chatham/ag/SustAg/markets/geninfo.html

Siler City Farmers' Market

10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays. 118 W. 2nd Street in downtown Siler City.

Franklin County

Franklin County Farmers Market

11:30 a.m.-sold out Tuesday and Friday; 9 a.m.-sold out Saturday; Shannon Village Shopping Center, South Bickett Boulevard, Louisburg.

Orange County

Carrboro Farmers' Market

3:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesday, 7 a.m.-noon Saturday, on the commons next to Town Hall, 301 W. Main St. www.carrborofarmersmarket.com

Southern Village Farmers' Market

4-7 p.m. Thursday, Market Street across from the Lumina Theater in Chapel Hill. www.carrborofarmersmarket.com

Hillsborough Farmers Market

On Wednesdays, the Hillsborough Farmers Market meets from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.in the parking lot at 241 S. Churton St. just south of the new Cardinal State Bank; and on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. at 128 N. Churton St. in the Sun Trust parking lot, 732-8315.

www.hillsboroughfarmersmarket.org.

South Estes Drive Farmers' Market

8 a.m.-noon Saturday, University Mall in Chapel Hill, outside A Southern Season.

Orange County Farmers Market

8 a.m.-noon Saturday at the Public Market House off Margaret Lane in Hillsborough.

Johnston County

Wilson's Family Market

8 a.m.-6 p.m Tuesday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday, 5494 Wilson's Mills Road, east of Clayton.

For an excellent listing of all the area's farmers market, check out Chatham County extension agent Debbie Roos' website.