Let the warm-up begin!
The Market is coming … we promise! Just ignore all that white stuff burying your cars and messing up the driveway. This too shall pass.
In fact, circle this date IN RED on your calendar: Saturday, May 2. That’s when the 33rd annual Farmington Farmers Market will ring the Opening Day bell!
And it promises to be a good season. We’re planning a special party for our country’s 250th birthday on July 4, which just happens to be on a Market Saturday! And of course we’ll be bringing back the old standbys – the monthly Kids POP! Club (June 13), Strawberry Shortcake Day (June 20), Ice Cream Social (August 1), Elks Community Corn Roast (August 8) and the third annual Apple Dessert Bake-Off (October 10). Check back in the next few months for details and more events.
Bet you’re feeling warmer already.
See you at the Market!
We are an award-winning market and a trusted source of healthy, local and sustainable produce. We offer a vibrant marketplace with music and special programs that create a nourishing community connection. We are open rain or shine – or snow – from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays, May 2 through November 7, at the Sundquist Pavilion, 33113 Grand River Ave. in downtown Farmington.
Congrats to the Fusilier Family!
The Market is thrilled to share the news that one of our original farmers – Fusilier Family Farms – has been awarded the Master Farmer Award by the Michigan Vegetable Council. Congratulations to Kathy and Mike and their entire family!
“It was a very humbling and exciting experience to receive this,” the Fusiliers posted on their website. “We want to thank all of our friends, family, and members of our community who support our farm, who allow us to do what we love!”
The Fusiliers were among this Market’s original farmers when we opened 33 years ago this spring. For more on their story, click here. For their website, click here. And be sure to stop by their stand and congratulate them at the Market this spring.
Behind the scenes at the Goetz family farm
In this new video, we accompany Market Manager Walt Gajewski as he makes an annual farm visit to the Goetz Greenhouse, a farm near Riga, Michigan, that’s been in the family for generations. You will learn how the farm is able to deliver organically grown produce to the Market every Saturday.
