Allen Farmers Market

I am an agricultural student at Michigan State University. I went searching for a local volunteer opportunity to give me a little experience of life outside the campus. I met the direct of the Allen Neighborhood Center, Joan Nelson, who's great energy immediately made me want to be a part of whatever she was doing. Joan hooked me up with other volunteers at the center and before I knew it, I was an intern for their newly constructed community green house called "The Hunter Park Gardenhouse." Now, I am working a summer internship at a local organic farm (featuring a CSA program) that sets up at the Allen Street Farmers Market every Wednesday. I am there every Wednesday distributing the farms produce to our CSA members and experiencing the healthy change that the Lansing's Eastside is going through because of the Allen Neighborhood Center and its many outreach programs such as the farmers market and the community greenhouse/garden. Thanks! -The best from Lansing, Michigan!