It was a pleasant day in Toledo, with milky clouds spilt over a warm blue sky, under which citizens gathered to navigate the maddening crowds of the first Toledo Farmer’s Market of 2025. The Tama County Courthouse lawn filled with people on Friday, June 6, as citizens’ hunger for produce, baked goods, music, good times, and the occasional tchotchke needed to be satisfied. The sidewalk overflowed with people in the ever-constant struggle to politely traverse the throng to get from one side of the market to the other before the last of the banana bread, cauliflower, wine slushies, or kolaches were gone.

Stretching until mid-October, there’s plenty to expect from the Toledo Farmers Market. However, the market will take a brief pause next month for Independence Day and then the following Friday to accommodate the Stoplight Festival.

With one Friday in the books, a lot more is to come for the Toledo Farmers Market. With their ever-revolving list of entertainment and food trucks, you can’t just go one week; you have to go every week. Go for the music, go for the produce, or just go to sit on a bench and chat with a neighbor.