If you’re ready to taste fresh Michigan produce, it’s time to start exploring local farmers markets. There are several markets along the Thumbcoast, and each one offers a unique experience for shoppers and food-lovers.
Most farmers markets operate only one or two days per week, so its reasonable to make your way to several over the course of the Michigan growing season. You can find unique growers at each location along with craft food creators, greenhouses, and crafters & artists.
Start the week off on Wednesdays with the St. Clair Farmers Market in the north parking lot of St. Clair Plaza. The Marine City Farmers Market is open on Thursdays, and Marysville’s Summer Thyme Market is open on Fridays and Saturdays.
There are three exclusively weekend farmers markets: Vantage Point in Port Huron on Saturdays, The Market Lexington on Saturdays and Sundays, and the New Baltimore Farmers Market which is open on Sundays.
The growing season is a little delayed due to cold weather this spring, but things should pick up in a week or two as the temperatures rise.
St. Clair Farmers Market
- Opens June 15th
- Wednesdays 7 – noon
- Riverside Plaza Parking Lot/ North End
- Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/St-Clair-Farmers-Market-112674750444516/
Marine City Farmers Market
- Thursdays: 3 PM – 8 PM (9-2 starting July 7th)
- 310 South Parker Street
- Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/FarmersMarketMC/
Marysville Summer Thyme Market
- Fridays & Saturdays 8 – 4
- 25 Range Rd – across from Meijer
- Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/SummerThymeMarket/
Vantage Point Farmers Market
- Saturdays 8 AM – 2 PM
- 51 Court Street
- Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Vantage-Point-Farmers-Market-147816461982
The Market Lexington
- Saturdays 9 AM – 4 PM
- Sundays 10 AM – 3 PM
- 6934 Peck Road
New Baltimore Farmers Market
- Sundays 9AM – 2 PM
- 50976 Washington, 48047
- Website: http://www.newbaltimorefarmersmarket.com/
Reporting for WGRT – Jessie Wiegand
