Empire, Glen Arbor Farmers Markets open next month

From staff reports

The Leelanau Farmers Markets — a nonprofit under the umbrella of the Leelanau Agricultural Alliance & MSU Extension — held their annual kick-off meeting and potluck last night.

Suttons Bay’s farmers market will open Saturday in its new location, at North Park at the intersection of M-204 and M-22. The others lag a bit behind. Empire will open its farmers market on June 18 and remain open on Saturdays, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., until September 10. Glen Arbor will hold its farmers market on Tuesdays, from 9 to 1, from June 21 until August 30.