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4. We have a VERY small farmer's market and one larger produce market.

The town sponsors a local farmer's market on the courthouse square from April till end of July.
Local people, some are my neighbors, sell stuff they have grown or made.
definitely not commercial, not out of county, but rather pricey.

The produce market at the other end of town goes all year round and sells a mix of "foreign" and local-ish stuff.
If you know what to buy, it is a good place to shop.
For sure sweet corn, watermelon, baby cukes, Vidalia onions, honey, squash are local, I have seen them unload it from farmer's trucks,
they have flavor not found in stores.
Other stuff, like the rock hard square tomatoes, are not local, but we are all growing our own in the summer anyhow.

Watermelon season...end of June thru first-ish of August......I pig out. Old timey varieties with superb flavor and scent.