The Leelanau Farmers Markets Association has unveiled summer 2021 dates for its five locations in Leelanau County, as well as an ever evolving roster of vendors. All market days run from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. Click here for a vendor application.
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Three of the five Leelanau Farmers Markets this year will offer online ordering and curbside pickup. All five markets will feature face-to-face ordering, with vendor booths spaced further apart, sidewalk chalk indicating where customers may stand, masks strongly suggested, and hand sanitizer available everywhere. “Markets are really community-based, social entities,” said board chair Ginger Bardenhagen. “People love to go there and see their farmers and chat with them. They love to have their coffee and eat their croissants while they buy their peas. It’s going to be a challenge this year to dissuade people from congregating, and convincing them to just buy their produce and leave.”
Alissa Thomson’s company IndieGrow Flowers has bloomed like a field of wildflowers this summer, just three years after she and her husband Jackson left the stifling corporate culture of Washington, D.C., and returned to their native northern Michigan with their daughter Arianna. (She and Jackson met at the former Woody’s Bar in Northport, where she worked summers.
Glen Arbor’s weekly summer farmers markets are the quintessential way to enjoy an early morning stroll. But what about the people that spend hours preparing, gathering the freshest ingredients, mixing and tasting, and toiling in the kitchen to make delicious products to sell during those brief morning hours? Meet Stathis Stamatakis, who hails from Crete, and knows a thing or two about decadent Greek pastries.
A chef demonstration featuring Randy Chamberlain, chef and owner of Blu in Glen Arbor, will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 2 at the Glen Arbor Farmers Market. The chef demo is free, and everyone is welcome to watch Chef Randy prepare a meal using fresh produce and products from the farmers market.