Allen Farmers Market

Mike Eyia plays 4:30 - 5:30PM. Visit The Islamic Society of Greater Lansing's booth & mark your calendar for their Salaam Peace Festival. Hometown Hone is offering a brand new premium option service called the Japanese Waterstone service. Bendy Stem Farm is back this week & we're welcoming a brand new sauce vendor, Northern Made: A Sauce Company. Cool down with a popsicle from Stone Cold Pops while you still can (next week is their last week of the season!), and visit Onyx Moon's booth, an Eastside Lansing full service salon that will be showcasing a variety of goods from their boutique, such as skincare, apparel, jewelry, and handmade items.

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Tomato Festival, August 21st from 3 - 7PM! For $5 you can purchase your very own Tomato Festival Passport, which will allow you to "travel around the world" for delicious tomato-inspired dishes from every continent, plus there are fresh tomatoes available.

A huge thank you to HAP CareSource for supporting the Tomato Festival this year! HAP CareSource has a lot of health insurance plans to choose from to help your family stay healthy and well. They offer personalized help, so you’ll better understand your health care benefits and they have access to more than 10,000 doctors. There are other available benefits like transportation to appointments, 24-hour nurse help line, medications, vision, maternity and care management services.

Catch our musical duo, Pinter Whitnick for some great 80s and 90s hits from 5 - 6PM and remember we have great outdoor dining available for you to enjoy a meal and the entertainment.

You will absolutely want to make sure to visit San Fili Meats booth as well, as this is their last farmers market of the season, so be sure to stock up on fresh Italian sausages, Barese breakfast sausage, chorizo, lamb sausages and more.

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Enjoy outside dining at our farmers market every Wednesday! We have diverse food offerings, grocery shopping, and live music every week! Eat Well & Support Local.

We are so thrilled to have Capital City Sweets offering ready-to-eat cookie dough & Not So Wild Flowers offering beautiful bouquets. Catch them at our Tomato Festival this Wednesday, August 21st from 3 - 7PM & be sure to get some of the freshest tomatoes while you're at it! Enjoy tomato dishes from around the world with the Tomato Festival Passport as well!

This upcoming Wednesday, August 21st is not only the Tomato Festival from 3 - 7PM, but it is also San Fili Meats last market of this season. Stock your freezer full of the best Mexican Chorizo, Barese sausage, Italian Sausage, Lamb Sausage and dry cured salami!

This upcoming Wednesday, August 21st is the Tomato Festival from 3 - 7PM! Enjoy an evening of tomato dishes from around the world with the Tomato Festival Passport. You can get a stamp on your passport:

✈️ From Asia at Nasi and Mee Malaysian Chinese Cuisine
✈️ From Africa at Chef Taiwo of Tatse's booth
✈️ From Europe at Stone Circle Bakehouse
✈️ From North America at Picnic A Food Truck
✈️ From South America at Tantay Lansing

There will also be plenty of fresh tomatoes for you to create your own tomato dishes at Hillcrest Farms and Khoua's Veggies along with sun dried tomato cheese curds and chevre at Hickory Knoll Farms Creamery, LLC!

We'll also have fun games for kids (and adults), live music, all of our wonderful farmers, and so much more! You don't want to miss this 🍅

Remember to come on by every Wednesday, 3 to 6:30 PM! Next week, August 21st is our Tomato Festival and the last Market in August (Aug 28th) we're celebrating the return of Bendy Stem Farm! Bendy Stem Farm has all your native perennial plant needs. 🌿🌻

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Stop by the market this week August 14th from 4 to 6 PM to hear from the local group Groove Doctors 3 featuring Mike McConeghy! They'll be dazzling us with their unique blend of acoustic folk, country, pop, and traditional Irish music. 🎤

Check out their website (https://groovedoctors3.com/) for a sneak peek of what to expect!

Visit the Lansing Board of Water & Light booth this week at the Market, August 14th from 3 to 6:30 PM, to learn all about the new electric car charging stations and solar panel carports at Allen Neighborhood Center! 🚗☀

As we celebrate , we celebrate all that our vendors do to make our market great. By shopping with our vendors, you're giving them the community and financial support they need to grow their businesses and continue to thrive!

The importance of food access is something we think about during and all year long. Farmers market operators and community organizers across the state and nation are guiding us to improve equity in farmers market spaces. Our market accepts SNAP and participates in the Double Up Food Bucks program because we want fresh, healthy food to be available to as many people as possible 🍎🥕🌽

Farmers markets provide a unique opportunity to feel connected to your food and community- and we want to hear your stories! Share your experiences and why you love Allen Farmers Market!

Farmers markets don't just happen! It's thanks to the dedication and hard work of our farmers and vendors that our market continues to thrive. Today, we're featuring Stone Circle Bakehouse, who sells seasonally and fresh breads and pastries 🍞🥐. Learn more from Kevin, at Stone Circle Bakehouse, about why farmers markets matter to them!

🍅 National Farmers Market Week + Agricultural Worker Health Day.
🍅 Tom and Mary play music at 5PM on August 7.
🍅 What in the world is a Tomato Festival Passport??
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Behind the scenes of our farmers market is a manager that is committed to making the market flourish. Know your market manager at ANC: Jenny Wagemann as they share why they love our market and vendors this

When asked about the market, Jenny stated "I love the market because it really does bring people together, it's fun, and the food is the best that you'll find anywhere! I also really enjoy that we have such diverse foods here and that supporting local really does put the dollars immediately back into our community. Not to mention, the produce lasts longer and tastes better 🍅!"

We're kicking off by getting to know how our market got its start! Allen Farmers Market began in 2004 by featuring four female farmers. We now support 30 vendors all from within 50 miles from Lansing's East Side Neighborhood. Not only do we support a multitude of vendors, but we are still home to one of the original four, Grazing Fields🥚🐣! Through our work at ANC, we have aimed to make a huge impact on our community, but this would not have been possible without our committed vendors who made our market happen! Share your favorite memories and photos from throughout the years to help us celebrate!

Our market is celebrating August 4-10! Join us at the market on August 7th for fresh local produce, fresh baked bread and pastries, hot food, and live music. Allen Farmers Market is a welcoming space for all community members, and we can't wait to see you there! ☀👩‍🌾

New Vendor & Returning Vendor Alert! Not So Wild Flowers is joining us for their first Market & Capital City Sweets is coming back! Visit Highwater Farms - Michigan to pre-order your garlic braid, and visit Nasi and Mee Malaysian Chinese Cuisine for snow cones, boba green tea or boba coffee beverages (can also get without the boba) & delicious dinner options. Stone Cold Popsicles is offering varieties of popsicles & there's many other food and produce vendors this week. Read all this & more (with one typo, G3food4All will NOT be at the Market this week):

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Check out this week's market with vendors including a local bread delicacy with Stone Circle Bakehouse 🍞, a variety of produce with Khoua's Veggies, Hillcrest Farms, and Highwater Farms - Michigan 🥒🥕, cool down with Stone Cold Popsicles ❄, or try something new with one of our hot-and-ready food vendors (Nasi and Mee Malaysian Chinese Cuisine and Picnic A Food Truck).

We have all that, and more, at this week's market, so stop by and enjoy the vendors, music, and people as we celebrate our local community!

Check out the musical talent, Scott Thacher, at this week's market! 🎤

Scott Thacher is a local musician specializing in acoustic, folk-style music with a funky type of vibe characterized by acoustic and electric guitar, unique vocals and lyrics, while adding in dashes of sweet and melancholic harmonica solos.

Want a sneak peek? Check out his website at:
https://leonstrunk.bandcamp.com/album/music-from-leons-trunk

Soon!!!! Preordered braids with flowers have priority, but we should still have plenty of braids with flowers at market. It's not too late to preorder. We can do custom sizes and flower colors! Thanks!!

As a reminder, the Allen Neighborhood Center Farmer's Market accepts purchases made with SNAP/EBT as well as offering Double Up Food Bucks (DUFB) for your produce needs 🥕🥦🍎

This week, we'd like to specifically highlight the importance of DUFB within our market and local community as it provides participants with more accessibility to nutritious and healthy produce while simultaneously supporting local farmers and economy!

Any questions about DUFB? Stop by the Market Bank on Wednesdays from 3:00 pm to 6:30 pm or, for overall information, check out the DUFB website: https://doubleupfoodbucks.org/

Tania Watt plays music at the Market today, July 24th at 5PM. Enjoy dinner and a show from a variety of food vendors, grocery shopping the freshest fruits, vegetables, baked goods, meats & cheeses and engage with our community partners; End Violent Encounters (EVE), Vote Yes for Seniors, and The Young Center will be in attendance. Hope to see you at the Market every Wednesday, 3 - 6:30PM!
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Thank you for highlighting our vendors, Lansing State Journal!

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Michigan is heating back up following last week's storms🔥

Therefore, when visiting the Kid's Festival later this afternoon, from 3 pm to 7 pm, remember to stop by ELFCO (Eastside Lansing Food Co-op) for a free scoop of ice cream to help cool down! 🍦

The Kid's Festival is tomorrow, July 17th from 3 - 7PM! We are hosting a variety of yummy food vendors, guest vendors and community partners, activities and talents that aim to entertain (& educate) both parents and kids! It's best to click on the link below to check out everything that's happening (Balloons, Face Painting, Hula Hoops, Snow Cones, Free Ice Cream at Eastside Lansing Food Co-op, Car Seat Safety, Pedicabs, WIC & more!). A big THANK YOU to Blue Cross Complete of Michigan for supporting this event and to all that are involved. We hope to see you there!

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Join us tomorrow Wednesday, July 17th, from 3 pm to 7 pm to explore and enjoy Allen Neighborhood Center's Kid's Festival!

We are welcoming a variety of local talent including the musical father/daughter duo Anara Pearl and Austin Kauffmann, Mr. Greg with Uncultured Enterprises creating and showcasing his balloon talents, Aurora's Plants with exciting arts and crafts activities as well as plant and plant accessory sales, and Mickie Did It offering face painting!

As always, we are also welcoming a multitude of regular vendors including Stone Circle Bakehouse, Hillcrest Farms, Mycophiles Garden, and more (check out our Market Alert, located on our website, for more information about this week's vendors)!

And don't forget to stop by Eastside Lansing Food Co-op for free ice cream 🍦

As we approach the upcoming Kid's Festival, July 17th from 3 pm to 7 pm, we would like to thank our Kid's Festival Sponsor, Blue Cross Complete of Michigan for making this joyous community event possible. Blue Cross Complete is a Medicaid and Healthy Michigan Plan managed care plan. Blue Cross Complete provides benefits including dental coverage, transportation services, a 24-hour nurse help line, maternity care, and more. Stop by their booth to learn more.