The Rapidian Home

Southeast Area Farmers' Market Opens June 1

OKT
Our Kitchen Table
5/24/13 05:52pm
metro Nonprofit Dispatches

This dispatch was added by one of our Nonprofit Neighbors. It does not represent the editorial voice of The Rapidian or Community Media Center.

OKT brings Fresh Produce from Local Farmers & Gardens to southeast neighbors

/OKT

Underwriting support from:

Healthy produce for all!

The Southeast Area Farmers' Market is a Mi Bridges SIgn-up Hub and offers these purchase options:

  • Double Up Food Bucks
  • WIC Project Fresh
  • Cash Value Benefits
  • Summer EBT
  • Debit Card
  • Cash

 

The Southeast Area Farmers’ Market kicks off its 2013 season on Saturday June 1 at Gerald R Ford Middle School. This Saturday market will be open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. through the first week of November. Beginning June 7, a Friday Farm Stand Market will take place, on a smaller scale, at Garfield Park from 3 to 7 p.m.

Our Kitchen Table, managers of the market, has an exciting line-up of market activities on the calendar. The following OKT sponsored events will take place from 12 to 2 p.m. at the Saturday market:

•        June 29 Healthy cooking demo with a local chef

·         July 6 Urban Foraging Workshop. Learn about local edible “weeds.”

·         July 27 Healthy cooking demo with a local chef

•        August 3 Make Your Own Hypo-allergenic Soap Workshop

·         August 24 Healthy cooking demo with a local chef

·         August 31 Healthy cooking demo with a local chef

•        September 7 Art at the Market

·         September 28 Healthy cooking demo with a local chef

•        October 12 Greens Cook-off and Fried Green Tomato Festival

•        October 26 Food Day Activities and Healthy cooking demo with a local chef

On June 22, the market will host its official Grand Opening Celebration with special activities and music—and a greater selection of fresh, locally grown chemical-free produce. Market partners, Kent County Health Department and Greater Grand Rapids Food Systems Council will host additional market activities throughout the season.

 

 

The Rapidian, a program of the 501(c)3 nonprofit Community Media Center, relies on the community’s support to help cover the cost of training reporters and publishing content.

We need your help.

If each of our readers and content creators who values this community platform help support its creation and maintenance, The Rapidian can continue to educate and facilitate a conversation around issues for years to come.

Please support The Rapidian and make a contribution today.

Related Articles

Comments, like all content, are held to The Rapidian standards of civility and open identity as outlined in our Terms of Use and Values Statement. We reserve the right to remove any content that does not hold to these standards.

Browse