Celebrate the winter season with local products for your holiday table or as a gift. Buying and eating locally need not end because it's cold outside! With approximately 40 winter farmers' markets across the Commonwealth, you'll have no trouble finding great local foods.
Winter Farmer's Markets
Many farmers' markets still operate throughout the winter months. You can buy quality food and products for gifts at a winter farmers' market near you.
Local to Your Door!
Over 100 of our farm businesses offer delivery or mail orders. Visit their websites to see what they offer. Statewide map here.
Wine and Cheese
Massachusetts offers a growing number of award-winning farmstead cheeses and is a rising star in the world of wine. Top your holiday table with an assortment of MassGrown and produced wine and cheese.
You can find a Massachusetts winery near you on our MassGrown Map, and learn about the winery industry in Massachusetts. Some winter farmers' markets also have wine vendors.
Find a Massachusetts cheesemakers on our map, or find cheese at a winter farmers' market.
Craft Beverages
Search over 180 craft beverage businesses with tasting rooms across the state. The Map displays craft beverage businesses with tasting rooms open to the public in a single, easy to navigate, map.
Visit the Mass Office of Travel and Tourism to find complementary regional activities!
Learn more about Massachusetts cideries, breweries, distilleries, and wineries on our Craft Beverage Guide.
Chocolate and Confectionery Products
Across Massachusetts there’s a wide variety of mouthwatering fine artisan chocolate and confectionary products available on-site or via mail order. Learn more about Massachusetts chocolate products and how to order them on our Chocolate and Confectionery Products page.
Specialty Food Gift Baskets
Send the real taste of Massachusetts as a gift any season of the year. Visit Massachusetts Specialty Food Association and check out their “Flavors of Massachusetts” gift baskets.
Gift Bag of Local Goodies - Order a CISA gift bag (two size options) for your friends and family, neighbors and colleagues, or yourself. A tote bag with a new design for 2022 by local artist Arielle Jessop, filled with locally grown treats and products from local producers. Details here.
2023 Massachusetts Agriculture Calendar
The 2023 Massachusetts Agriculture calendars make a great holiday gift!
It features photographs of farms and crops from throughout Massachusetts!
It includes "Fun Facts" and "Teaching Tips", which makes it a great gift for your favorite teacher."
It is a collaboration between MDAR, MA Agriculture in the Classroom and the MA State Grange.
Learn more about the Ag Calendar here.
Submit photos for next years contest here.
Flowers and Plants
Give the gift of beautiful flowers and plants - They always brighten a room and a persons spirits!
Find a Flower Grower/Garden Center near you.