Buechel Farmers Market returns to the Train Depot for second season

SET FOR LOS ANGELES, ATLANTA AND LAS VEGAS. WE ARE OFFICIALLY IN FARMERS MARKET SEASON, AND THAT MEANS IT’S YEAR TWO FOR THE TRAIN DEPOT. WLKY SHAQUILLE LORD EXPLAINS WHAT’S NEW THIS YEAR AND THE HOPE TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO MORE PEOPLE IN LOUISVILLE. CERTAINLY THIS FARMERS MARKET HERE AT THE TRAIN DEPOT WILL BE THE PLACE TO BE. I’M JOINED BY THE MASTERMIND BEHIND IT, CITY OF ECO CITY. THIS IS JUST A SAMPLE OF SOME OF THE VENDORS FOLKS WILL BE SEEING ON SUNDAY. YES, JUST A SMALL SAMPLE. WE HAVE OVER 30 BUSINESSES AT EACH MARKET, BUT THEY ROTATE. AND SO LAST YEAR WE HAD OVER 170 SMALL BUSINESSES SHOW UP AT LEAST ONE TIME WITH US, AND WE’RE ON TRACK TO DO EVEN MORE THIS YEAR. ALL RIGHT. TALK TO ME ABOUT SOMETHING VERY INTERESTING. YOU ALL ARE ACCEPTING SNAP BENEFITS. YES THAT’S CORRECT. SO ALL OF THE VENDORS HERE TODAY, EXCEPT FOR THE ARTISTS, THEY CAN ACCEPT SNAP FOR ALL OF THEIR PRODUCTS OR THOSE THAT ARE JUST SPECIFICALLY APPROVED FOR SNAP. SO BREAD, EGGS, BAKED GOODS, MEAT, THEY CAN ALL USE SNAP BENEFITS HERE. ALL RIGHT. TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT MAKES YOU ALL DIFFERENT. YES, DEFINITELY. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES US VERY DIFFERENT IS WE ARE NOT JUST A FARMERS MARKET, BUT WE’RE A COMMUNITY COMPOUND SPACE. AND WE ARE LOCATED IN A HISTORIC LANDMARK IN LOUISVILLE, THE BEAUTIFUL TRAIN DEPOT. IT’S A HISTORIC LANDMARK. AND WE’RE SO PROUD TO TAKE OVER THE SPACE ONCE ABANDONED AND FIX IT UP. SO IT’S A SPACE FOR ALL. WE’RE VERY INCLUSIVE SPACE, AND WE WELCOME EVERYONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO COME AND HAVE A GREAT TIME HERE. SUNDAY’S THE PLACE TO BE HERE. THE TRAIN DEPOT FROM TEN UNTIL TWO. FOR MORE INFORMATION, JUST HEAD OVER TO WLKY.COM AND I’M SHAQUILLE LOR

Updated: 5:59 PM EDT May 19, 2026

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Updated: 5:59 PM EDT May 19, 2026

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The weekly Buechel Farmers Market is back at the Train Depot for its second year, bringing fresh produce, local goods and Kentucky-made products to the community every Sunday through the fall.Shoppers can explore 30 vendors offering everything from fruits and vegetables to handmade items and specialty Kentucky products.New this year, dozens of vendors now accept SNAP benefits, helping expand access to fresh, local food."You come into the building, you get some wood tokens from me and you can spend those wood tokens throughout the market with approved vendors on approved products," said owner and operator Sadie Iovenko. "We’re increasing the business’s ability to reach more consumers, and we’re also increasing the consumer’s ability to access fresh local food, which you cannot always find at the grocery store."The Train Depot Farmers Market is open every Sunday through October from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.Click here for more information.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. —

The weekly Buechel Farmers Market is back at the Train Depot for its second year, bringing fresh produce, local goods and Kentucky-made products to the community every Sunday through the fall.

Shoppers can explore 30 vendors offering everything from fruits and vegetables to handmade items and specialty Kentucky products.

New this year, dozens of vendors now accept SNAP benefits, helping expand access to fresh, local food.

"You come into the building, you get some wood tokens from me and you can spend those wood tokens throughout the market with approved vendors on approved products," said owner and operator Sadie Iovenko. "We’re increasing the business’s ability to reach more consumers, and we’re also increasing the consumer’s ability to access fresh local food, which you cannot always find at the grocery store."

The Train Depot Farmers Market is open every Sunday through October from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Click here for more information.

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