Allen Farmers Market

It's homecoming week at Michigan State University and our vendors have got you covered for eats and treats! Even if you're not a football fan, let this be your excuse to explore the amazing selection of snack options at the Market!

Come visit us this week and find:
🍁Our NEW vendor, Gr**go Joe's Salsa
🍁The Lansing City Clerk
🍁Oceanside Seafood's Pasties and Smoked Fish Dips
🍁NEW Popcorn Flavors at Moe's Popcorn
🍁Paw Paws at Titus Farms
🍁Concord Grapes at Hillcrest Farms
🍁Whispering Valley Farms NEW pizza brat flavor
🍁Stuffed Peppers from G3food4All
🍁Halloween Jewelry at Three Lakes Gardens

It's going to be a fun-filled Market with snacks-galore, good vibes, and even better community! Visit us tomorrow from 3:00-6:30 PM.

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Elections are around the corner! Stop by the Lansing City Clerk’s Office table for voter registration, absentee ballot applications, and questions about the upcoming November 3rd Election at the Allen Farmers Market this upcoming Wednesday, October 7th, from 3 - 6:30pm! Every vote counts.

Come celebrate the end of September with us! We're soaking up the outdoor Market season while we can as October will be our last month outdoors.

In November, we'll move inside to stay cozy from the colder temperatures as we are a year-round Market! As always, we're so grateful to our growers and vendors for continuing to show up and show out through all of the seasons.

This week we have an eclectic assortment of highlights:
- A violinist bringing the vibes
- TWO new vendor items (Flavored Sugars from Naughty Goat Farm & Sourdough Croutons from Duchess Jade Bakehouse)
- An MSU Cannabis Use & Cardiovascular Health Study
- Veggies galore
- And treats to spice up your week!

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“We love being involved in the community and the Allen Neighborhood Center allows us to get to know the Eastside neighbors and beyond!” President, Laura Stoken, says.

You can find Rathbun Insurance all over the Lansing region, helping make insurance coverage more accessible for Limited English Individuals (LEI), showing their commitment to being present in the communities they serve.

As a locally owned independent insurance agency serving Mid-Michigan since 1956, they believe insurance education should be accessible, approachable, and available where people already gather. Their presence at the Allen Farmers Market is an opportunity to connect with neighbors, answer insurance questions, provide educational resources, and help individuals, families, and business owners better understand how to protect what matters most. You may also recognize the Accelerator Kitchen is proudly named the Rathbun Accelerator Kitchen due to their financial support of lifting up entrepreneurial food businesses. Keep them in mind for your insurance needs!

The Apple Festival at the Market last week was apple-tastic! 🍎 We enjoyed many apple-themed treats, drinks, and live DJS for the whole evening!

Thank you to everyone who joined us and helped make this day so special; we are so lucky to have such an amazing community! 💗 Also a huge thank you to our Apple Festival Sponsor, Lansing Board of Water & Light for continuing to support our neighborhood Market! 💗

Photo credits: Brian Keillor (www.flickr.com/people/bmkeillor/)

Happy official first day of Fall everyone! This is the time of the season where you get an abundant mix of summer and fall produce! The Apple Festival last week really helped us get in the autumn spirit with apple specials, hard c***r, pumpkins, squash, and root vegetables galore! We're already looking forward to our Harvest Festival on October 21st, but before we get too ahead of ourselves we have some exciting highlights for this week! We have Stoopfest and Rathbun Insurance tabling, a new vendor joining us, an award winning vendor, an up and coming musician, and more! Keep reading to hear the details:
https://allenneighborhoodcenter.dm.networkforgood.com/emails/this-week-at-the-market-8ca569bf-78cf-4856-877e-2dd6d5100f3a

Don’t miss Eastside Compost at the Allen Farmers Market this week!

Founded during the pandemic by owners Mike and M.C., Eastside Compost is all about sustainability and regenerative agriculture. They offer high-quality compost as well as a curbside food waste collection service for Lansing-area residents. Recently, they expanded their service area to include East Lansing, Okemos, and parts of Delta Township! They strive to support our local food system and planet.

Be sure to check them out at the Market on Wednesdays from 3:00 - 6:30pm!

Attention Eastsiders! StoopFest will be at the Allen Farmers Market this upcoming Wednesday, September 23 with massively discounted tickets available!!! These tickets are roughly 80% reduced from normal festival prices and are only being sold as a means for people who live in the area to get access to the festival at an affordable price.

Stoopfest is an annual not-for-profit DIY music, comedy and arts festival taking place all across Lansing’s Eastside Neighborhood. With art and performances in a combinations of parks, backyards, garages and bars all on within walking distance on the same day.

If you haven't attended yet, with such a discount on tickets, do yourself a favor and grab your ticket at the Market on September 23 from 3 - 6:30pm!

A huge thank you to Brian Keillor for these photos! Check out their Flickr page for more (www.flickr.com/people/bmkeillor/)

There are a lot of a-peel-ing happenings taking place at this year's Apple Festival! We have a lineup of three DJs that will be playing from 3 - 6:30pm; two different hard c***rs from Phillips Orchards & C***r Mill and these apple-tastic specials:

🍎 Apple parfait, apple crisp, apple empanadas, apple burritos, and apple donuts at G3food4All
🍎 Apple popcorn with caramel pecan & apple popcorn with caramel walnut at Moe's Popcorn
🍎 Little mini pancake samples with apple jam at Naughty Goat Farm (Jam flavors: Apple maple, apple pie, apple mint, apple butter, and apple white pepper (not super spicy)
🍎 Pair an apple with one of the cheeses at The Cheese Lady East Lansing
🍎 Apple Fig Galette, Apple Tarragon Focaccia, Apple Croissant, Apple Muffin, Apple Sourdough at Stone Circle Bakehouse
🍎 Sea moss applesauce (original, cinnamon, strawberry, and blueberry) at Nature's 92
🍎 Apple C***r popsicles at Stone Cold Pops
🍎 Apple Crisp lattes/matchas at Peculiar Coffee (you can only get this drink from them at the Apple Festival!)

Hillcrest Farms will have an array of different apple varieties available, such as: Zestar, Gala, Autumn Crisp, Goldie, MacIntosh, and Honey Crisp.

Hometown Hone will be available with sharpening services so that you can cut these apples with ease!

Please bring an ID to enjoy two different hard c***rs on tap from Phillips C***r Bar, while you enjoy the DJ lineup:
🍎 K-LALA from 3 - 4:30pm
🍏 G***a Girl from 4:30 - 5:30pm
🍎 Rinbossanova from 5:30 - 6:30pm

Tomac Pumpkins and Nature's 92 is back this week and we have a brand new vendor, The Nut Guy, joining us offering roasted nuts spiked with herbs and spices. This is the last week for Stone Cold Pops as the seasons begin to change.

A huge thank you to Lansing Board of Water and Light for their continued support of our Market!

Read on for more details here:
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Tomac Pumpkins and Farm Market, located in Chesaning, MI, offers more than just pumpkins. This four-generation family-run operation also offering varieties of squash, mums, flowers, syrup, and honey. Though they started as a 4-H and FFA, which is a supervised agricultural experience, selling a few pumpkins, they have evolved into raising corn, soybeans, wheat, squash, pumpkin, and collecting honey and syrup. In fact, recently they are preparing for their Fall Opening on September 15th, complete with a corn maze and c***r & donuts!

Not only do they sell locally grown wares, but in addition, they delve into the home decoration space offering corn stalks, straw, and flint corn for all your decor needs as fall approaches.🍂

Check them out at this week’s 🍎Apple Festival 🍎with their wonderfully grown and cultivated fall goods on Wednesday, September 16th from 3:00 - 6:30pm!