Allen Farmers Market

09/10/2026

Join us next Wednesday, September 16th for our Apple Festival at the Market! Running from 3:00pm - 6:30pm, this festival will have a female DJ lineup for the full 3.5 hours, with K-LALA from 3-4:30pm, G***a Girl from 4:30-5:30pm, and Ribossanova from 5:30-6:30pm. Plus two different hard cider options from Phillips Orchards & Cider Mill, and of course, lots of apple specials from our vendors! Including:

🍎Delicious apple varieties from Hillcrest Farms
🍎Seasonal beverages from Peculiar Coffee Co.
🍎Apples paired with cheese from The Cheese Lady East Lansing
🍎Cider and GF donuts from G3food4All
🍎Samples of apple maple jam on mini pancakes from Naughty Goat Farm
🍎Apple-flavored popcorn from Moe's Popcorn

A huge thank you to our returning Apple Festival Sponsor, Lansing Board of Water & Light! LBWL is a municipally owned public utility that provides safe, reliable, and affordable utility products and services to around 100,000 electric and 58,000 water customers throughout the greater Lansing area. Their Hometown Energy Savers® programs offer customers ways to decrease their energy use and save money by providing education, services, and rebates for energy efficient upgrades to home cooling systems and appliances.

Can't wait to see you there! 🍎

09/09/2026

Today! Find Eastside Compost indoors from 3-6:30pm

09/08/2026

We hope you had a great Labor Day weekend and are ready to restock your fridges at your weekly neighborhood farmers market!

Let G3Food4All make you dinner with Vegetarian and Vegan Lasagna with sides of Ugglie Veggie and Garlic Toast available; Poppa's Cookbook will have Pulled Pork, Baked Beans, and Coleslaw; and Picnic Food Truck will have their tried and true burgers, sandwiches and fries.

Try out The Cheese Lady's new cheese, “The Truffler” on a mushroom fritter from Mycophiles Garden or a burger from Whispering Valley Farms! This cheese is a seriously delicious English Cheddar with Truffles and Olives.

Mycophiles Garden is back after their week off with two new mushroom varieties! They will be bringing Coral Tooth and Comb Tooth which are close cousins of Lions Mane. They taste similar in flavor to Lions Mane but their structure is much more delicate. They work great for nuggets, fritters, or "crab cake."

Titus Farms will have a special variety of watermelons this week called Moon and Stars! This legendary heirloom watermelon features a dark green rind that contrasts with a sprinkling of golden yellow dots. This melon look like a beautiful starry night and tastes amazing too!

There will be a HAP CareSource Mobile Health Clinic at the Market this week! You can shop local produce and receive health support from HAP CareSource and the Ingham County Health Department! You can receive basic medical supplies, preventative services (blood pressure screenings and A1C testing), harm reduction supplies, and vaccinations. No appointment is needed! If you have insurance, please bring your insurance card. You can find the mobile health unit in the side parking lot on the corner of Kalamazoo and Shepard St.

We're in the time of the season where summer produce is needing preservation before you lose the chance to have local tomatoes in February! Sunny has something to say about that......Click the link below to see what they have to say and for more info on this week's market:
https://allenneighborhoodcenter.dm.networkforgood.com/emails/this-week-at-the-market-aa5304e8-e2e8-44ca-a05f-7a5a90e91043

09/07/2026

Meet Khoua Xiong, the farmer and owner of Khoua’s Veggies! They are an Eastside neighbor and a staple in our summer market.

Khoua has loved gardening since she was a little girl and when she arrived in Lansing, she was excited to discover all the community gardens around the neighborhood! What started as growing food for her family and friends eventually turned into feeding the greater Eastside community and beyond.

She recognized a need within the local Asian community for vegetables that were familiar to their home countries, but difficult to find in American grocery stores. Alongside typical market produce, you will find vegetables and herbs traditionally used throughout East and Southeast Asian foods including: Malabar Spinach, Thai Eggplant, Yu Choy, Bok Choy, and much more!

Khoua grows all her produce organically and works to keep it affordable as well. Making fresh, locally grown food accessible to everyone is an important part of what she does. Khoua’s Veggies is a true family effort, with her children taking turns helping out at each Market. Usually you can meet Khoua’s sons, Chang or Wa, when you stop by their booth on Wednesdays from 3:00 - 6:30pm!

Stop by their booth this month at the Market before their season ends!

09/03/2026

Visit the Allen Farmers Market for grocery shopping, live music, connection, and on September 9th, health services! In collaboration with HAP CareSource and the Ingham County Health Department, there will be a mobile health unit onsite from 3 - 6:30pm.

You can receive basic medical supplies, preventative services (blood pressure screenings and A1C testing), harm reduction supplies, HIV/STI services and these adult vaccinations are provided at no cost:

Tdap
Hepatitis A and/or B
PCV20
HPV
MMR
Shingrix
COVID-19

No appointment is needed! If you have insurance, please bring your insurance card. Again, this is September 9 from 3 - 6:30pm and you can find the mobile health unit in the side parking lot on the corner of Kalamazoo and Shepard St amongst the vendors. Eat well, shop local, and take care of your health at the Allen Farmers Market!

09/01/2026

Just like that, it's September. While you're making your plans for this upcoming Labor Day weekend, don't forget your meal planning! With the recalls our nation has seen with food recently, there is a safety and comfort in knowing your farmer. Plus buying locally is very comparable in rates with your general grocery store. So do yourself a favor and eat well by shopping local with our produce and food producers!

For produce options at the Market this week we have Hillcrest Farms, Three Lakes Gardens, Khoua’s Veggies, Coleen's Greens, Magnolia Ave Farm Collective, and Titus Farms.

Coleen’s Greens will have a NEW item this week: Sweet Corn! A true taste of summer that will brighten up your week! Coleen will also have Roma and Beefsteak Tomatoes, Cherry Tomatoes, Poblanos, Bell Peppers, Hot Peppers, Eggplant, Winter Squash, Green Beans, Fresh Herbs, and Spices!

From Khoua’s Veggies check out one of their most popular produce items–green beans! They recommend stir frying them with garlic and olive oil for a balanced but satisfying side!

Titus Farms has musk melons; varieties are called Hannah's Choice and Sarah's Choice. Often folks will ask how to choose the best melon, and their tagline is: good smellin’ means good melon!

You can taste the rainbow at Magnolia Avenue Farm Collective and enjoy tunes by Mars McCartney at 4pm.

Read all this and more:
https://allenneighborhoodcenter.dm.networkforgood.com/emails/this-week-at-the-market-65760e6c-a8b6-41c0-bea2-129eeedceebc

08/31/2026

We have 5 farmers markets this month! Take a peek at the vendors you can expect to see each week.

On September 9 we will have a mobile health unit available with adult vaccinations, basic medical supplies, preventative services and more, thanks to HAP CareSource.

Then on September 16 we have the Apple Festival sponsored by Lansing Board of Water & Light, in which we will have a female DJ lineup for the full 3.5 hours, plus hard cider from Phillip's Cider Bar & Market!

We hope you make it a habit of meeting us at the Market every Wednesday from 3 - 6:30pm if you haven't already!

08/27/2026

The last day to register for an Allen Neighborhood Center Veggie Box is September 7th!🥕

Did you know that many of the Market vendors who make the Allen Farmers Market so special also contribute fresh, local food to the Veggie Box program? Your box is a great way to enjoy a variety of fresh produce while supporting our local farmers and vendors.

Don't miss out! Grab your Veggie Box before registration closes by clicking the link below ⬇️

https://bit.ly/anc-veggie-box

08/25/2026

Thank you to all who came to the Tomato Festival last week! It was a beautiful sunny day to savor the flavors of the season! If you love tomatoes as much as us, don't fret because tomato time is far from over. Titus Farms let us know they have plants loaded with beautiful tomatoes! They have reds, pinks, yellows, purples, stripes and everything in between! Other growers with beautiful tomatoes this week include Magnolia Ave Farm Collective, Khoua's Veggies, Coleen's Greens, and Three Lakes Gardens. Come taste the tomato rainbow again this week!

Read more about this week's Market here:
https://allenneighborhoodcenter.dm.networkforgood.com/emails/this-week-at-the-market-e811c345-e173-45f7-817c-e94faaf96449

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

08/25/2026