{"id":6159,"date":"2013-08-07T09:08:59","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T13:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sourcelive.wordpress.com\/?p=6159"},"modified":"2025-12-10T11:28:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T16:28:40","slug":"find-healthy-foods-and-baked-treats-at-farmers-markets-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=6159","title":{"rendered":"Find Healthy Foods and Baked Treats at Farmers Markets This Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yummy baked goods, fresh fruits and vegetables, and live music are just some of the great things you\u2019ll find at farmers markets this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Farmers markets are open in various cities across the state of Michigan and offer a variety of products to love. The<a title=\"East Lansing Farmers Market\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cityofeastlansing.com\/FarmersMarket\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> East Lansing Farmers Market<\/a> in Valley Court Park in East Lansing features live musical performances at their market every Sunday from 10 a.m. \u2013 2 p.m.\u00a0<a title=\"Allen Street Farmers Market\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AllenStreetFarmersMarket\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Allen Street Farmers Market<\/a>, located at the corner of Kalamazoo and Allen St. in Lansing, includes vendors with handmade soaps and fresh baked breads at their market every Wednesday from 2:30 &#8211; 7 p.m. The<a title=\"MSU Student Organic Farm\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msuorganicfarm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> MSU Student Organic Farm Stand<\/a> sells organically grown fruits and vegetables on Farm Lane in front of the Auditorium every Thursday from 11 a.m. \u2013 5:30 p.m.\u00a0 These are just some examples of the wonderful farmers markets to visit this summer. Others include:<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Detroit Eastern Market\" href=\"http:\/\/www.detroiteasternmarket.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Detroit Eastern Market (Detroit)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Holt Farmers Market\" href=\"http:\/\/holtfarmersmarket.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Holt Farmers Market (Holt)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Horrocks Farm Market\" href=\"http:\/\/shophorrocks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Horrocks Farm Market (Lansing)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Meridian Township Farmers Market\" href=\"http:\/\/www.localharvest.org\/meridian-township-farmers-market-M13548\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Meridian Township Farmers Market (Okemos)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Flint Farmers Market\" href=\"http:\/\/flintfarmersmarket.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Flint Farmers Market (Flint)<\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><b> <\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Most farmers markets accept the Michigan Bridge card and participate in the <a title=\"Double Up Food Bucks Program\" href=\"http:\/\/www.doubleupfoodbucks.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Double Up Food Bucks (DUFB) program<\/a>. The program allows Bridge Card recipients to receive a dollar for dollar match of up to $20 in DUFB tokens that can be spent on fresh fruits and vegetables grown in Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>To find a market near you, visit the<a title=\"Michigan Farmers Association\" href=\"http:\/\/mifma.org\/find-a-farmers-market\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Michigan Farmers Association website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Check out this photo slideshow with pictures from farmers markets in Michigan!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"v-l20laz41-1\" class=\"video-player\"><iframe title='VideoPress Video Player' aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='760' height='426' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/l20laz41?hd=1&amp;cover=1&amp;loop=0&amp;autoPlay=0&amp;permalink=1&amp;muted=0&amp;controls=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;useAverageColor=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/video\/assets\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js'><\/script><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yummy baked goods, fresh fruits and vegetables, and live music are just some of the great things you\u2019ll find at farmers markets this summer. Farmers markets are open in various cities across the state of&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=6159\">Continue Reading&#8230;<span> Find Healthy Foods and Baked Treats at Farmers Markets This Summer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb1fcA-1Bl","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6159"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6159"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19571,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6159\/revisions\/19571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}