Want a hint of what the “new” market will look like? Watch this time-lapse video of some of the construction happening at the market!  Keep checking back to this page for more updates and video!

Beginning January 7th, the Fulton Street Market will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. every Saturday for your local shopping pleasure!

Due to construction, we will be located in the parking lot of The Salvation Army Fulton Heights Citadel (1235 East Fulton).

Come to the

Brick Road Pizza Co.’s

Buffet to Benefit

Fulton Street Farmers Market

Tuesday, December 13th 6:00 to 9:00 pm

Brick Road Pizza Co.

1017 Wealthy Street SE

Grand Rapids, MI

$20 per person

Enjoy a delicious all-you-can eat buffet.

Vegan, vegetarian and meat-lovers’ selections provided.

Nearly half of the proceeds of every dinner sold will go towards the FSFM Campaign.

Please RSVP

616.719.2409

brickroadpizza@yahoo.com

It seems that every day at least one person asks us…”What is the last day of the farmers’ market?” Well, we have an easy answer…”There is no last day!” The Fulton Street Farmers Market is a year-round market. For the rest of 2011, the market will continue to operate at its current location from 8am-3pm on market days. Traffic patterns will be adjusted as needed to work around the contruction that is scheduled to start mid-November. (i.e. starting November 15, the Fulton Street entrance will be closed so please use Fountain Street (north end of market) to gain access). Then once full construction begins in January, the market will move across Fuller Street to the Salvation Army Fulton Heights Citadel parking lot (1235 East Fulton St). The winter market will be open from January 7-April 28 on Saturdays from 10am-1pm. Please continue to visit the market and support the vendors every month of the year. They depend on you!

The Fulton Street Farmers Market in Grand Rapids, MI is a west Michigan icon and focal point for health conscious foodies. Major renovations are on the horizon and support is needed. Jeff Kagan (formerly from Grand Rapids) and Paige Doughty are environmental educators/children’s musicians in Boulder, CO. “Eat Local” is from the newest CD, “21st Century Energy Superheroes” and like Jeff’s previous CDs, the songs educate kids and adults alike about our natural world and important environmental issues. The songs are delivered with personality, charm and memorable musical hooks. Check it out!

Typically we get a couple of days during the Fall which bring back memories of the summer just past. But, this year Mother Nature has outdone herself! The last several weeks of sunny, clear skies and warm temperatures have extended the bounty sold at the Fulton Street Farmers Market and helped us set attendance records. The fall crops that we all look forward to — apples, pears, pumpkins, winter squash, osage oranges — have glowed in the brillant sunlight with a backdrop of beautiful multi-color leaves still hanging from the trees. It looks like our extra special gift of warm, dry weather may be coming to an end, but that doesn’t mean that the market will. Remember that the Fulton Street Farmers Market remains open on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays right up until Christmas — even after the construction begins in November. Then in January, we will move to a Saturday-only schedule with signage to direct you around the workers getting our space ready for its grand opening next May. Any updates on navigation issues will be posted on our web site and also on Facebook. Looking forward to seeing you all year long!

Benefit for the Fulton Street Farmers Market

“Our Goodness is Growing” Campaign

Friday, September 16th, 6 to 9 pm

From the Heart Yoga Center, 714 Wealthy Street SE

Enjoy a delicious
dinner provided by local restaurants using locally-grown ingredients.

Relax with a glass of
wine or cider pressed from West Michigan apples.

Participate in the
silent auction for goods and services donated by local businesses.

Local chef and blues
guitarist Jim Powell and his son Sam will provide music.

Help put a roof on the Market!

Tickets cost $50, including food and drinks, and are available at:

• Fulton Street Farmers Market  (In Office near Fulton)
• From the Heart Yoga Center
• Jeffrey Richard Salon
• Art of the Table
• Grand Central Market on Monroe Center
• Or call 328-9547 to order.

Please note that tickets and silent auction items are payable by cash or check only. Make checks payable to: Fulton Street Farmers Market Campaign.

The farmers market serves as a wonderful catalyst for experimentation. A ho-hum evening meal can turn into a grand adventure with a few creative purchases. How about something new on the grill? Expand your thinking beyond meat and try grilled fruits and vegetables — directly on the grill. This dinner celebrated not only Italian Sausage purchased from Woodbridge Dairy but also grilled okra from Ellens Farm. Add a wonderful pasta from Ada Farm — Organic Basil & Garlic, for example — and toss it with a twist on pesto. By adding some fresh tomatoes from the market, a basic pesto recipe becomes extra special. For dessert enjoy a simple grilled peach cut in half (or your favorite stone fruit). It doesn’t get any better (or healthier) than this. Be a brave scientist in the kitchen and create something wonderful. It is easy when you start with fresh food from the Fulton Street Farmers Market.

Shopping at the farmers market is a quick way to make your taste buds “see” double. Everyday we hear stories about someone who tried a fruit or vegetable from the market — thinking they knew exactly what they were in for — only to discover a giant surprise. It tasted totally new…like something they had never tasted before. Good examples? Try strawberries, sweet corn, yellow beans, heirloom tomatoes and garlic. Yes, you have been eating them for years. May have thought they tasted fine. But then you bit into your market purchase — produce that was grown right around the corner, picked that morning, loaded into a truck and delivered fresh. And yippee…it is like tasting something totally different. What a cool way to find a dozen or more “new” foods to eat. You will be glad you did.

Fans of fresh, local food now have even more reason to get excited about the Our Goodness is Growing Campaign.  Starting Saturday, July 30 and running right through the Market season, our friends at Bartertown Diner (6 Jefferson Street SE, just south of Fulton), are replacing their regular menu items with meals made from produce bought fresh from the Fulton Street Farmers Market that morning.

For every Market meal you eat at Bartertown Diner on a Saturday,  $1 will go towards the Our Goodness is Growing Campaign, and for every glass of locally-produced “Old Boys” root beer or sour apple soda you drink, $.50 will go towards the Campaign.

Take advantage of this opportunity to have a fabulous meal, to support a new, locally-owned business AND to contribute to the Farmers Market Campaign.

Eat at Bartertown!

Check them out at http://www.bartertowngr.com