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A Weekend Guide to San Antonio Farmers Markets
Where to find real food from real farms around San Antonio — what to look for, what to ask, and the vendors worth building a week around.
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Local knowledge for living a little crunchier.
Guides, sourcing notes and practical how-tos for San Antonio — written to work hand-in-hand with the businesses on The Crunch List.
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Businesses in this guide
- Dye Renovations
Dye Renovations offers quality workmanship at fair prices here in Bexar County. We are a small team focused on providing excellent services from start to finish, making each home that we work on a li
- Behind the Oaks Farm
Our regenerative farm offers pasture-raised poultry and grass-fed and pasture-raised meat.
- Loaf Sourdough Panaderia
Loaf Sourdough Panaderia everything we serve is sourdough, made with only organic ingredients, and dairy free!
- Something Sourdough Co.
NO seed oils, corn syrup, hydrogenated oils or trans-fat. only real ingredients.
- Spread the Loaves
A tiny, bread-focused bakery in Helotes, TX, specializing in sourdough-leavened breads.
- Broadway Daily Bread
Broadway Daily Bread® is home to some of the finest baked goods in San Antonio since 1994.
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