Please shop the market Aug. 9 & 23!

The Southeast Area Farmers’ Market was held twice in July. We are sad to say we had very few shoppers. We believe this is because the market has moved from MLK Park, located at the busy intersections of Fuller, Hall and Franklin, to Joe Taylor Park, which is tucked within a residential neighborhood between two one-way streets. 

Our fabulous produce anchor New City Farm has a nice selection of freshly picked, local produce to choose from — and they accept SNAP. You are not going to find any produce more chock full of nutrients that this! And you’ll love the prices. If you’ve shopped the SEAFM before, you’ll run into other familiar faces among the vendors, as well.

Friendly faces and healthy food

Kevon Hess and Belinda Henderson are always on hand to help vendors and patrons at the farmers market. But you never know who else you might run into.

At the July 26 Market, Ms. Yvonne, who has been a SEAFM vendor since it began and Stelle Slootmaker, OKT’s communications manager since 2010, were thrilled to run into Sheri Munsell, who was a fabulous part of the OKT team when we were just starting out. They all had fun catching up.

Sheri has gone on to found the Hope Gain Network and works with many nonprofits in the Grand Rapids area.