The Downtown Salmon Arm Farmers Market runs every Saturday on the Ross Street Plaza, from 9am in summer and 10am in the quieter winter months. It's a genuine regional market — the Shuswap valley has enough small farms, orchards, and market gardens that the produce tables are well-stocked from June through October. Stone fruit, field tomatoes, and corn from the benchlands appear mid-summer; squash and root vegetables carry the market into autumn.
The market is small enough to walk through in fifteen minutes and large enough to make the stop worthwhile. Prepared food vendors — smoked fish, local honey, bread, jams — fill out the stalls. In a town with limited restaurant options, this is often the most interesting eating you'll find on a Saturday morning.