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In Season: August 10, 2018

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Mother Nature has been kind to us for National Farmers Market Week, with the sun shining bright + a nice breeze blowing through the Market! We've got an abundance of locally-grown produce (apple season is starting!), meat, eggs, and dairy, Michigan-created food products, and handmade goods!

/Emily Gilson

Market Info + Events

Main Market Season Hours | 8a-3p | Saturday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday

Summer Nights Series| 5p-8p | Wednesdays until August 22 

Yoga @ FSFM | 10a-11 | Tuesdays until August 28 

National Farmers Market Week Celebration | August 7, 8, 10, 11 

/Emily Gilson

/Emily Gilson

The festivities continue with our third class, Quick Pickle, with Suzannah from Barriebeau Herb Farm, at 11A today! She'll show you how to pickle any vegetable in a briny solution using herbs and spices. The class is FREE and open to the public! 

We also have fun activities, a veggie photobooth, scavenger hunt, food trucks, yard games, and facepainting for the whole family! Come on down! We're open until 3 today + tomorrow!

If you're curious what's in season and what you'll find here at the Market, take a look at the list below for a better idea!

  • Apples (new!)
  • Bagels
  • Baked goods
  • Blueberries
  • Bread
  • Broccoli
  • Cabbage
  • Cauliflower
  • Cherries
  • Cider (alcoholic + non-alcoholic)
  • Coffee
  • Cold Pressed Juice
  • Corn
  • Dairy products
  • Eggs 
  • Fish
  • Flowers 
  • Garden transplants
  • Goat cheese
  • Granola
  • Greens 
  • Herbs 
  • Honey 
  • Jelly/jam
  • Kettle Corn
  • Kohlrabi
  • Maple Syrup
  • Meat
  • Mushrooms 
  • Pasta
  • Pasties
  • Peaches
  • Pizzas + pizza crusts (frozen)
  • Plums (new + local!)
  • Raspberries
  • Rhubarb
  • Root veggies
  • Salt products
  • Sauerkraut
  • Soup mixes
  • Spa products 
  • Squash
  • Tomatoes

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