Local Bounty
Buying fresh produce at U-pick farms, farmers markets and roadside stands is one of the best things to do while visiting West Michigan. Prime temperatures and excellent growing conditions help create quality blueberries, peaches, leafy greens and more to savor during your stay or to take back home to enjoy. Wonderful grapes are grown here, too, by award-winning vineyards, and local grains and hops are used to create noteworthy craft brews and spirits.
An outing at a U-Pick farm is wonderful for the entire family. Kids learn the principles of harvesting foods while picking their own strawberries, blueberries and other seasonal produce. You can be sure that they will remember this for years to come.
At roadside stands and farmers markets, you’ll also find other products made from Michigan’s best, like donuts, pies and coffee cakes, as well as homemade jellies and jams, BBQ sauces, honey, maple syrup, and spices. As you travel through rural farmland, enjoy the beauty and the hundreds of acres of crops in their various growing stages. Hopefully, you’ll be able to experience the luscious sweet corn during its prime picking season. Slathered in butter with a little bit of salt, it’s one of the best delights of the summertime!
West Michigan is the best place to eat local. Enjoy all the variety available from May through October, and the knowledge that you’re benefitting your body by eating “fresh from the farm.”
Farm Market Events
(Events subject to change, please verify event details before making plans to attend.)
New Buffalo
Skip’s New Buffalo European Farmers Market
Mid-May thru Mid-October
Saturdays & Sundays | 9am – 3pm
Corner of Red Arrow Highway & Lakeshore Road in New Buffalo Township
St. Joseph
Farmers Market
May 27 – September 30
Saturdays | 9am – 2pm
Lake Bluff Park, St. Joseph
Paw Paw
Paw Paw Farmer’s Market
May 21 – October 15
Sundays | 9am – 2pm
Paw Paw Township Hall, Paw Paw
South Haven
South Haven Farm Market
May 13 – October 14
Saturdays & Wednesdays (June, July & August) | 8am – 2pm
Huron Street Pavilion, South Haven
Holland
Holland Farmers Market
May 17 – October 28
Wednesdays & Saturdays | 8am – 2pm
Eighth Street Marketplace, Holland
Market Kids Activities
June 14 – August 16
Wednesdays | 9:30 – 11:30am
Eighth Street Marketplace, Holland
Grand Haven
Grand Haven Farmers Market
May 7 – October 29
Saturdays & Wednesdays (June – October) | 8am – 1 pm
Chinook Pier (Under the Green Canopy), Grand Haven
Spring Lake
Spring Lake Farmer & Garden Market
June 1 – October 13
Thursdays | 9am – 2pm
Tanglefoot Park, Spring Lake
Muskegon
Muskegon Farmers Market
May – November
Tuesdays, Thursdays, & Saturdays | 8am – 2pm
242 W. Western Ave., Muskegon
White Lake Area
Farmers Market
May 13 – October 28
Saturdays | 9am – 12:30pm
Church St., Montague
Grand Rapids
Fulton Street Farmers Market
May – October
Wednesdays, Fridays, & Saturdays | 8am – 2pm
1145 Fulton St. E., Grand Rapids
Pentwater
Pentwater Farmers Market
June 5 – September 4 & September 7, 14, 21
Mondays | 10am – 1pm
Pentwater Village Green, Pentwater
Ludington
Artisan & Farmers Market
May 26 – September 22
Fridays | 3 – 7pm
Legacy Plaza Pavilion, Ludington
(Photos provided by Holland CVB & Joshua Nowicki.)
