Farmers Markets

Fill a basket with a colorful array of fruits and vegetables, or design your own bouquet of exotic flowers at one of the many farmers markets on this island of plenty.

The best of the Big Island is available at the colorful open-air farmers markets in Hilo, Captain

Look for local favorites like Ka’u oranges. The color is kind of off-orange and mottled but they’re extraordinarily  sweet and juicy.  Puna papayas, another great find, don’t travel well and are best eaten as soon as possible. Mangoes, the king of fruits, are seasonal and usually found on the drier west side of the island. If you like bananas, check out apple bananas, a local favorite with a subtle apple-like flavor. You can also expect to find avocados, sugarloaf pineapples, Hilo lychees, Waimea strawberries, starfruit, Hawaiian candy, sugarcane, guavas, lilikoi (passionfruit), mountain apples and coconuts.

The fresh flower selection is a delight. Orchids come in every shape, color and size, as do anthuriums, heliconia and protea, all of which have staying power. The tuberose, plumeria, gardenia, pikake and gingers not only are beautiful but their scent is intoxicating.

MARKET   SCHEDULE

SATURDAY  MARKETS

Keauhou Farmers Market, Keauhou Shopping Center, 8–11 a.m.

Kino`ole Farmers’ Market, Kino`ole Shopping Plaza, Hilo, 7 a.m.-noon

Waikoloa Village Farmers’ Market, Waikoloa Community Church, 7:30 a.m.–1 p.m.

North Kohala Market, Across from Hawi  Post Office, 7 a.m.–noon

Waimea Hawaiian Homestead Farmers’ Market, Mamalahoa Hwy, 2 miles east of Waimea town, 7:30 a.m.

Hilo Farmers’ Market, Wednesdays and Saturdays, Corner of Mamo and Kamehameha,  8 a.m.-noon

WEDNESDAY MARKETS

Naalehu Farmers’ Market, Ace Hardware lawn, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.

SUNDAY MARKETS

Pahoa Farmers’ Market, Luquin’s/Akebono Theater parking lot, 8 a.m.–3 p.m.

Makuu Farmers’ Market, Keaau-Pahoa bypass road, 8 a.m.–2 p.m.

Volcano Farmers’ Market. Cooper Center, Wright Rd., Volcano, 6:30–9 a.m.

South Kona Green Market, Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, Captain Cook, 9 a.m. – 1 pm

Markets operate on a cash only basis. Bring lots of small bills and a basket or bag for your purchases.