Profiles in Taste: Meet Farmington’s Farmers and Artisans!
Profiles in Taste: Meet Farmington’s Farmers and Artisans! Back in 1993, a handful of farmers began selling produce from their trucks in the parking lot in the Village Commons Mall in Farmington. Then in 1996, with encouragement from Market Master Walt Gajewski, a planning partnership between the city and Wayne State University was formed. This […]
Finding Fall
Finding Fallby Walt Gajewski September harkens the changing seasons in southeast Michigan as the farmers market here in downtown Farmington casts a reflection of the coming fall. Root vegetables, cool season crops and a full complement of winter squash including all sizes and shapes of pumpkins will have our market tables groaning. Let’s also not […]
Finding Summer
Finding SummerBy Walt Gajewski High summer is here and that means the sawhorse tables at the Farmington Farmers Market will be bursting with the colors and flavors of local farms! Come to downtown Farmington on Saturdays in August to find the very best of farm fresh produce brought to market along with the full abundance […]
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Come to Market!
Come to Market! Spirits will be rising in downtown Farmington at the Farmers & Artisans Market as the summer solstice ushers in a growing harvest of the bounty from Michigan fields and farms. From freshly picked summer squash to juicy strawberries, micro greens, spinach, lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower and more, you can count on nutrient density […]
Farmington Farmer’s Market, Metro Detroit’s #1 Rated, Returns for 25th Season!
Farmington Farmer’s Market, Metro Detroit’s #1 Rated, Returns for 25th Season! It’s that time of year! Saturday life in a Michigan small town returns to downtown Farmington on Saturday May 19th as metro Detroit’s #1 rated farmers market returns for its 25th season of community service with a special grand opening celebration! Michigan farmers, gourmet […]
Harvest Moon Celebration at the Farmington Farmer’s Market!
Harvest Moon Celebration at the Farmington Farmer’s Market!By Walt Gajewski September brings a fall feel to downtown Farmington as the harvest season approaches, bringing with it the annual tradition of Harvest Moon, a celebration that invites all to experience life in a small town on a Michigan fall day! The Farmers Market in Farmington is […]
New Michigan Farm Season Brings Change, Goodness and Well-being!
New Michigan Farm Season Brings Change, Goodness and Well-being!By Walt Gajewski My, what a mild spring we are having. Everything is all at once looking so green and alive! Pear trees, cherry trees, magnolia’s and forsythia are so vibrantly beautiful overhead, while tulips, lilies, sweet woodruff and more fill our landscapes as they wriggle up […]