Farmers Markets near Kalamazoo, MI

Kalamazoo

Kalamazoo

This listing's address, 601 John Street, places it in Kalamazoo rather than the town of Bronson — likely a winter market held near downtown Kalamazoo's Bronson Park. No independent listing was found to confirm vendors or a schedule.

Held at the Douglass Community Association, a Northside Kalamazoo nonprofit at 1000 W. Paterson Street that's served the neighborhood for more than a century. The address matches the market's listing exactly, though current market hours and vendor details aren't posted on the association's site — call to confirm this season's schedule.

Kalamazoo

Kalamazoo Farmers Market fills 251 Mills Street every Saturday, 8am to 1pm, May through October, with more than 120 local farmers, food businesses, and artisans. The market accepts SNAP/EBT and matches purchases through Double Up Food Bucks, making it one of the larger and more accessible markets in southwest Michigan.

Kalamazoo

Kalamazoo County Parks runs this indoor market at 2900 Lake Street inside the County Expo Center, mixing flea-market tables with produce and food vendors selling jam, maple syrup, honey, baked goods, meat, and crafts. Admission and parking are free. Hours run seasonally, and vendors and dates vary enough that calling ahead beats guessing.

Portage

Portage Farmers Market runs Sundays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., May through mid-October, with more than 35 vendors — sizable for a market that only started in 2016. The lineup covers the expected produce and baked goods, plus gourmet mushrooms, locally roasted coffee, pasture-raised meat, and a rotating cast of food trucks. The city's Parks and Recreation department runs it directly, which is why the vendor list stays this organized for a market its age.

Kalamazoo

Texas Township's Saturday market runs 8 a.m. to noon from Memorial Day through mid-October at 7110 West Q Avenue, with covered stalls for rain days and a playground on-site for kids. Vendors sell fresh produce, meat, local wine, flowers, plants, baked goods, and artisan crafts. Call 269-375-1591 or visit texastownship.org/farmers-market for the season's live-music lineup.

Kalamazoo

Alamo Farmers' and Crafters' Market operates on West D Avenue in Alamo Township, Kalamazoo County. Pairing produce vendors with craft sellers under one market is a common rural-township format in the region, built for towns too small to support a market of either kind alone.

Vicksburg

A nonprofit since 2010, this Friday market runs 2 to 6 p.m. from late May through early October at 300 North Richardson Street. Beyond the usual produce, baked goods, honey, and herbs, vendors sell caramel corn and kettle corn, and the market hosts oddball community events like the Zucchini 500 race and a family yoga day. Email [email protected] or call (269) 501-7264.

Plainwell

Galesburg Community Market runs indoors at 45 East Michigan Avenue in this small Kalamazoo County town off I-94. Vendors sell produce, baked goods, potted plants and cut flowers, and handmade crafts. The market takes SNAP/EBT, which matters in a farm county where a lot of the surrounding acreage still grows corn, soybeans, and orchard fruit rather than feeding local tables directly.

Richland

Richland Farmers Market runs Wednesdays, 3 to 6 p.m., May through September, at the Richland Area Community Center on East CD Avenue. The vendor mix leans toward Michigan-made crafts — wood products, baskets, fiber goods, jewelry — alongside produce and a food truck most weeks. It's built as much as a gathering spot for Richland, Kalamazoo, and Battle Creek residents as a place to shop, with occasional live music or demonstrations added to the schedule.

Plainwell

Otsego

Otsego Farmers Market sets up Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., May through October, in the parking lot at the Otsego Church of God on M-89. Local growers bring in-season vegetables and fruit — the lineup shifts with the calendar, heavier on greens in early summer and squash and apples by fall. It's a small-town market run by the growers who show up week after week, not a produce distributor's booth. Vendors pay a seasonal fee to sell here, which keeps the roster local.

Almena Farmers' Market operates out of Almena Township near Paw Paw, in Van Buren County's fruit-and-wine belt along Michigan's southwest lakeshore corridor. The county's sandy soil and lake-effect climate support the grape and fruit orchards that regional markets like this one typically draw from.

Martin Marketplace runs out of a building at 1619 12th Ave in this small Allegan County town, selling produce, baked goods, flowers, honey, and other homemade goods from local vendors. The market operates indoors, which keeps it going through the shoulder seasons that shut down open-air markets elsewhere in southwest Michigan. Around 550 people follow its Facebook page for weekly vendor lineups and hours.

Little Red Shed Farm Market is a family-owned stand at 79202 M-40 in Lawton, run by owners Andy and Abbey, selling homegrown carrots, cucumbers, green beans, melons, peppers, pumpkins, sweet corn, squash, tomatoes, watermelon, and zucchini alongside jams, jellies, and baked goods. It's open multiple days a week, including weekend mornings, spring through fall.

Paw Paw

Paw Paw Farmers Market sets up Sundays, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., May through October, in the lot at the corner of Gremps Street and East Michigan Avenue. Vendors come from Van Buren County and the surrounding region, with a few crossing over from nearby Indiana and Ohio counties to sell produce and homemade goods. The market was built to give the Village of Paw Paw a weekly reason to gather, not just a place to shop.

Old School Farmers Market operates out of Allegan on Lincoln Road, selling produce, proteins, and specialty goods from regional farms and small food producers. Beyond a handful of directory listings, there's little published detail on this market's exact hours or history, so it's worth confirming current days before making the drive.

This market operates inside Scidmore Park, the riverfront park at the meeting point of the St. Joseph, Portage, and Rocky Rivers that gave Three Rivers its name. Vendors bring produce, baked goods, plants, and prepared foods through the growing season. Call the city's parks department at 269-273-1075 for this year's market days and hours, since the schedule is set fresh each season.

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.

Three Rivers

The Huss Project runs this Saturday market, 9am to 1pm, June through September, out of a converted elementary school at 1008 8th Street in Three Rivers. The nonprofit behind it, *culture is not optional, also runs the on-site Triple Ripple Community Gardens and youth programming, so the market shares grounds with an urban farm rather than sitting alone in a parking lot.

Allegan

Allegan Farmers Market operates on Locust Street in downtown Allegan, the county seat on the Kalamazoo River in West Michigan. Allegan County's mix of fruit orchards and vegetable farms feeds markets throughout the region, and this one sits in the middle of that growing area.

Athens

Athens Farmers Market sets up on North Capital Avenue in Athens, a small Calhoun County village in south-central Michigan. Markets this size typically run one weekly day through the growing season rather than a daily schedule.

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!

This market sets up on North Washington Street in Constantine, a short walk from the St. Joseph River, with a lineup that shifts by season — strawberries and sweet corn in summer, pumpkins and mums by fall. Vendors also bring baked goods, flowers, and plants. Call 269-435-2085 or check constantinemi.com for this year's market days.

Lawrence

Bangor Farmers Market operates on Monroe Street in Bangor, a Van Buren County city in Michigan's fruit belt along the southwest lakeshore. The surrounding county grows more blueberries and grapes than almost anywhere else in the state, which shapes what shows up on market tables here.