Westside Farmers’ Market: A season in review

The Westside Farmers Market will start its 2011 season on Thursday, June 2. Last Thursday was the last market day of the 2010 season for the Westside Farmers’ Market. We were gifted with a warm and clear day, a perfect chance to look back at the accomplishments in the market’s 5th year.This was the first year [...]

Westside Farmer Market: See you in 2011!

Will farmers markets be hurt if Congress cuts food stamps to pay for school lunches?

I have received several emails on the Michigan Farmers Market listserv urging us to contact our representative in the U.S. House of Representatives not to pass the U.S. Senate bill Hunger-Free Kids Act, S. 3307. People are concerned because the bill, as it stands, pays for its $4.5 billion price tag by cutting $2.2 billion from [...]

John Dingell launches Double Up Food Bucks in Washtenaw County

Photo courtesy of Richard McLeary Congressman John Dingell, Oran Hesterman of the Fair Food Network and Amanda Edmonds of Growing Hope spoke Tuesday afternoon at the Downtown Ypsilanti Farmers Market to launch the Double Up Food Buck program in Washtenaw County. As I wrote about in July, the Double Up Food Bucks program matches every [...]

Westside Farmers Market hosts over 1100 people!

Last Thursday was hot and humid with a scattering of clouds. Perfect weather to ripen tomatoes, squash, and eggplants – perfect weather to visit the Westside Farmers Market. I was not the only one who thought so, for the first time in our market’s five year history we counted over 1000 people at the market. [...]

Food Gatherers becomes “Super Carrots” at the Westside Farmers Market

The Westside Farmers Market runs June-September in Zingerman’s Roadhouse parking lot (on the corner of Jackson and Maple) on Thursdays 3-7 pm. I am an active volunteer with the market and provide an insider view of the establishment. This past March, Missy Orge, Director of Outreach and Training for Food Gatherers, reserved a spot at [...]