Farmers Markets near Charlotte, MI

Charlotte

Charlotte is the Eaton County seat, a small city built around an 1885 domed courthouse. Its Artisans and Farmers Market on West Lovett Street pairs handmade goods with produce, per its name, though no current website confirms vendors or season.

Grand Ledge

Market on the Grand runs Saturdays, 9am to 1pm, May through October, at 525 East River Street in Grand Ledge, named for its spot along the Grand River in downtown. It's a mid-sized Eaton County market serving this Lansing-area suburb with produce and local goods through the growing season.

Grand Ledge Farmers Market runs out of Jaycee Park on the Grand River, Saturdays from 9am to 1pm, June through September. Beyond the usual produce and baked goods, vendors here also bring honey, maple syrup, and smoked fish, plus food trucks and live music from the Rotary Club stage through the summer. The Grand Ledge Area Chamber of Commerce runs the market and handles vendor applications.

Dimondale

Eaton Rapids

A community market on Hall Street in downtown Eaton Rapids, a small Eaton County city on the Grand River. No current hours or vendor list are publicly posted — check with the city or downtown development authority before visiting.

Eagle

Wacousta Community Farmers' Market sets up at Wacousta United Methodist Church, 9180 W. Herbison Rd. in Eagle, Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., spring through fall. Vendors bring fresh fruit and vegetables, baked goods, and prepared foods to the church's lot, and the market takes SNAP and WIC. Running four days a week is unusual for a rural Michigan market — most operate one or two.

Watershed Farmers Market operates indoors on the Watershed church campus at 16280 National Parkway in Lansing, weekdays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., spring through fall. It reads more like a curated retail counter than a farm stand — produce and baked goods sit alongside honey, prepared foods, and Dr. Bob's wellness supplements. SNAP and WIC are accepted.

The Southside Community Coalition runs this market out of its community center on West Holmes Road in south Lansing, pairing fresh produce and baked goods with the center's food-access programs for the neighborhood. Vendors also bring herbs, plants, and prepared foods during the growing season. Call the center at 517-394-6846 to confirm current market days before visiting.

Lansing

South Lansing Farmers Market runs Thursdays, 3 to 7 p.m., mid-May through mid-October, on West Barnes Avenue on Lansing's south side. The South Lansing Community Development Association runs it as a food-access project as much as a shopping destination, accepting EBT, WIC, and Double Up Food Bucks alongside standard payment. Produce, pastured meat, smoked cheese, and honey come from vendors within driving distance of the neighborhood it's built to serve.

Between Pine & Walnut Steets) Lansing

Lansing's Westside Farmers Market sets up at Ferris Park, 400 N. Walnut St., spring through fall, run by NorthWest Initiatives — the same nonprofit that runs food distribution and cooking classes in the neighborhood. Produce, baked goods, artisan goods, and prepared foods are the lineup, with SNAP and WIC accepted. It grew out of a food-access program, not a farmers' co-op.

Lansing

A farmers market at 100 North Capitol Avenue, steps from Michigan's State Capitol building in downtown Lansing. No current schedule or vendor details were found in public listings — confirm this season's market days with the City of Lansing.

Marshall

Marshall Area Farmers Market has run since 2002, Saturdays 8am to noon, May through October, at 125 West Green Street in Marshall's historic downtown. A winter indoor market continues November through April at 615 S. Marshall Avenue. Vendors sell produce, meat, poultry, baked goods, and plants alongside flowers.

Lansing

Allen Farmers Market runs out of Allen Neighborhood Center on East Kalamazoo Street on Lansing's Eastside, a nonprofit food-access hub that's operated in the neighborhood since 1999. Beyond weekly produce, the center runs a Fresh Food Access program connecting the market to residents who would otherwise go without fresh food nearby. Reach the center directly at (517) 367-2468.

Lansing

Allen Neighborhood Center Market sits a block off East Kalamazoo Street in Lansing's Eastside neighborhood, part of the same nonprofit hub — Allen Neighborhood Center — that's run food-access programs there since 1999. The center's broader work spans housing, youth development, and economic development for the Eastside, with the market as its most visible piece.

Lansing

Albion

Albion Farmer's Market sets up on Market Place in downtown Albion, a Calhoun County city on the Kalamazoo River. The street's name comes directly from the market's location on it, one of the more literal market addresses in the state.

DeWitt

Runs Tuesdays in downtown DeWitt, a few blocks from City Hall on West Main Street. City announcements have covered market cancellations during extreme heat and wildfire-smoke days, confirming it's an active, weather-dependent outdoor market — contact the City of DeWitt for this season's hours.

A farmers market at Valley Court Park in East Lansing, a regular fixture in the city's park system near Michigan State University. Current hours and vendor details weren't available in the public listings checked — confirm this season's schedule with the City of East Lansing.

East Lansing

The East Lansing Farmers Market is a growers-only market in Valley Court Park, steps from the Michigan State campus, where every item is 100% homegrown — vendors must grow their produce or make their products themselves. Sundays 10 to 2 from late spring through October, with SNAP/Bridge cards, Double Up Food Bucks dollar-matching, and Senior Project FRESH accepted.

Mason

Mason Area Farmers Market sets up on South Jefferson Street in this Ingham County seat, running Wednesdays and Saturdays from May through October. Vendors bring seasonal fruits and vegetables, local honey and maple syrup, baked goods, gluten-free items, mushrooms, and specialty pork. Austin Park's 2026 renovation pushed the market temporarily into the nearby City Hall parking lot.

Battle Creek

With a focus on Michigan grown and Michigan made foods, the Battle Creek Farmers Market is a great place to find fresh and flavor packed local foods from Michigan businesses. Non-food businesses are also welcome. The Market is held in Festival Market Square in downtown Battle Creek on Wednesday, 9-1, beginning in May and ending in October. Customers will find a family friendly market with a good variety of variety of vendors. Vendors will find a well managed and vendor friendly market. An open air marketplace under a pavilion offers picnic tables, restrooms onsite and free 1-hour parking for customers in the Hamblin Avenue ramp. Live music and other activities make summer fun at the farmers market. BCFM participates in Bridge Card (SNAP), Double Up Food Bucks, Senior Market FRESH, WIC Project FRESH, NHBP Elders Nutrition Program. Payment with cash, Credit and Debit cards as well a market issued scrip accepted. Contact us for more information. Visit us on Facebook and Instagram, too!

Ionia

Ionia

Ionia Harvest Marketplace is a standing indoor marketplace at 120 South Steele Street, open Monday through Saturday rather than a single weekly farmers market. Local growers, bakers, and food vendors sell under one roof, which sets it apart from Ionia's separate outdoor Saturday market across town. Vendor updates post through the market's Facebook page.

Hastings

Hastings Farmers Market sets up Saturdays from 9:30am to 1pm at 220 West State Street, spring through fall. It's an outdoor market in Barry County carrying produce, baked goods, and artisan goods, with live music on some Saturdays. Parking near the market can fill up fast once the morning rush hits.

Bath Township Farmers Market runs Thursdays, 3 to 6:30 p.m., from the last Thursday in May through the last Thursday in October at James Couzens Memorial Park. Vendors sell fresh produce and preserves, baked goods, cut flowers, artisan soaps and pasta, and frozen beef and mushrooms, with food trucks on select dates and themed events through the season.

Laingsburg

Angus Cattle Co raises Angus beef on Round Lake Road outside Laingsburg, in the farmland between Lansing and Flint. The name signals a direct-to-consumer beef operation, typical of Michigan's cattle country, but no public price list or contact information is listed yet.

Springfield

Sprout — locally known as Sprout BC — is a nonprofit food hub on Military Street in Springfield running a subscription grocery box built around Michigan-grown and Michigan-made food, delivered to homes and workplaces across four southwest Michigan counties. The organization has also been developing a community-owned retail cooperative in downtown Battle Creek with a café serving ready-to-eat meals. It's less a farmers market than a food-access delivery service, though the mission — get local food to more tables — is the same.

Williamston

Williamston Farmers' Market runs Sundays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., spring through fall, at 161 E. Grand River. Regulars include Circle F Ranch for chicken and eggs and Old School Artisan Cookies, alongside vendors selling local honey, freezer beef, and cheese. Live music plays most weeks, and the market takes SNAP and WIC.