Northey to visit Noelridge farmers market Aug. 4

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey will visit the Noelridge Farmers Market in Cedar Rapids Aug. 4 to help celebrate “National Farmers Market Week,” which runs through Aug. 7.

Iowa is a national leader in the number of farmers markets with more than 220 markets registered with the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship.

The market is at the corner of Collins Road and Council Street NE.

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship has an online directory of Farmers Markets that Iowans can use to locate a market near them.  The directory can be found on the Department's website at

www.IowaAgriculture.gov and then click on the “Find Iowa Products” on the top right of the page.  Then they can click on the “Farmers Market Directory” link to search for markets by name, city or county.