Reviews for: Allen Farmers Market

Every Wednesday afternoon 3 - 6:30pm.Great products and produce from all around the Lansing area. The most consistently good market in town.You can often shop here and totally avoid the big box supermarkets, especially in the summer.ANC also has meeting spaces and a commercial kitchen for anyone wanting to make other value added products.And community outreach! If you are a beginning farmer, new to gardening, looking to start a food related business, or just want to learn something interesting, ANC has a class or two each week on a variety of subjects.All are for free or a small donation.If you have not been to ANC you are really missing out on something good on a lot of levels.Did I mention they are also a food hub?If you grow anything you can probably sell it wholesale through their exchange system.Buyers range from individuals to supermarkets to huge hospital cafeterias and restaurants.These guys are defining the local food movement the way it needs to be defined. In a word, GO!

Provides a fantastic resource to families in the vicinity of Allen Street Market - and has the best selection of organic produce and breads for a reasonable price!

The Allen Neighborhood Center has changed my life. I didn't know what my life was even about until I met the great people there and began to understand the importance of community and investing not only money but energy and love locally. I couldn't be happier. The Allen Neighborhood Center deserves everything there is to offer.

Allen Neightborhood Center does great work for the neighborhood and Lansing. They were key to getting the Farmer's Market in an area that otherwise might not have one!

Love the produce, products and people. The colorful flags, great music and tasty smells give the market a great vibe. My kids can roam safely, play games or do crafts while learning about their community.

Takes food stamps, organic and a major player in building community in Lansing's East Side.

Fresh healthy foods and goods provided by local community for the local community. Prices are reasonable, the environment is friendly, fun and I always see friends there!

This is a long running group of very dedicated and interesting people. They continue to find ways of involving the community at all age levels. And try to offer a variety of choices for the neighbors using local growers.

This place provides so much for the people around the area. They not only let their youth actually harvest food but also sell it in their local food market days. What a great way of bringing the entire community together!

I love going there for the farmers market and I know they are doing GREAT things in the community!!

They help peopl in the community without judgement. They are a wonderful organization with a wonderful bunch of people!

I've been a regular since the very first day they opened. I can walk there from my house a few blocks down and it's nice to go where everyone knows you.

The Allen Neighborhood market has such a wonderful selection of items. We love it!

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!

ooohee, you know its good that Allen St. Farmers Market is on the list of things to do when my son and his family come to town. It shows off all the best parts of Lansing, and you get gorgeous and delicious food besides.

Wonderful opportunity for neighbors and friends to enjoy fresh and healthy food along with friendship and assistance when needed.

ANC transforms its simple parking lot every Wednesday to become a hub of neighborhood connectivity and local support. The farmers market brightens the area with a great selection of produce and more-- you can also sign up for health programs and receive neighborhood information while you visit the farm market.

This market CARES about its neighborhood and the role it plays in the city. It's not just the great fresh produce, handmade baked good, organic meats, diverse perennials, etc.-- all presented with a smile and good advice by local farmers and vendors-- but the overarching commitment to healthy living created, fostered, and promoted by the marvelous Allen Neighborhood Center. The ANC and all its programs are a model for positive urban citizenship.

Its walking distance from my home and a great social hub for the neighborhood every Wednesday. I only wish it was all year long.

I work at ANC and I really appreciate all of the wonderful support we receive from our neighbors and farmers. Without you, the market would not be the tremendous success that it is!

It is a Neighborhood Hub and resource center. It gets better each week and is a destination.

I love Allen Neighborhood Farmers market because it is always a new experience, whether it is the Strawberry Festival or the Habibi Dancers. What truly sets it apart from any of the other area farmers markets is its neighborhood atmosphere; experiencing the community through going to the market.

The Allen Neighborhood Center Farmers' Market does a wonderful job bringing fresh, quality products to our neighborhood and makes the market easily accessible to all of our neighbors. I enjoy going to shop and to see acquaintances!

This market is truly a neighborhood market, with its fresh produce and hand made items. I love that they were one of the first in the area to accept bridge cards and have a variety of social service information for their patrons. This neighborhood center rocks!

They are innovative leaders in the area of provide healthy, local food to urban areas.

From its opening in 2003 with 3 farmers and one additional vendor to the now 20 plus vendors, the Eastside of Lansing has faithfully supported and claimed this market as their own! It's turned into a happening that attracts more patrons and vendors each year!

The Allen Street Market not only provides wonderful selections of vegetables, fruit, and products; it also functions as a community outreach service by providing valuable information, services and resources that are key components to community development.

I love the variety--the ability to try new things such as Alice's wonderful sweet potato bread. It is easy to get to and the people are friendly and helpful.

Unlike other farmers markets I have been to, the Allen St. market understands itself as an important community outreach program -- not merely a place for the relatively well-off to buy local and organic produce. Local, sustained agriculture is essential but, so, too, is building community links across traditional interest and class divisions and finding constructive ways of renewing this country's urban areas. The Allen Street Market deserves support and greater publicity because it is a model for the future.

Allen Neighborhood Center was the first farmers market in the State of Michigan to accept food stamp payments. They have the best entertainment, using local talent. They have the most organic farmer offerings. They offer their own "token" money system. And they are the most creative team of workers. In Ingham County, and Mid-Michigan -- they rule!

It is a great community-project, providing fresh and healthy food, health-outreach initiatives and a wonderful meeting place.

Allen Neighborhood Center does a lot of good for a community in need. The farmer's market offers fresh produce in an area that is relatively devoid of healthy eating options. They also offer a variety of educational seminars as well as free focused health screens.

Fabulous community organization that serves a diverse community extraordinarily well! A small market that is well supported by staff and volunteers who work closely with farmers and others to offer a nice selection of produce and other useful and/or tasty items! A gem in the neighborhood!

The Allen Neighborhood Center provides many valuable services to its community, and has become a part of my life in ways I never thought possible. The people there go above and beyond the call of duty to ensure that they contribute to and help build a strong community around them.

Because it is a very nice market that caters to everybody, and has a great selection of produce and other goods every week.

beautiful market, I live within blocks of the market and do all my shopping there during the season.

It is as local as I can get. It is in my neighborhood and even if the vendors aren't actually my neighbors, they are my neighborhood small farmers. I love the atmosphere and friendliness of vendors and shoppers.

Because the Allen Neighborhood does such a good job of making the market welcoming to a wide range of people in Lansing.

Wonderful fresh, local produce right in my inner-city neighborhood. It's a tremendous benefit to the community.

It's a great farmer's market. Serves an urban area, making fresh produce accessible to people who might not otherwise have the opportunity to shop farmer's markets. Takes the Bridge card as well as credit and debit cards. I am a long time customer.

It is all local. Good neighbor and area-wide people. It helps undermine the power of big-business.

Fresh produce, locally grown, is very important to urban neighborhoods. It spawns local economic development.

The Allen Neighborhood Center has been THE most consistent farmer's market in the area. It seems that every year they add new vendors and extend their hours to accommodate working people. We love the market!

It's TERRIFIC. "Market money" allows food stamp users and credit card users to be anonymous. Health tips. Local CSA distribution. Seeing family and friends. Both organic and non provide range of options. Local vendors.

Add my "ditto" to the other 119 reasons listed here. There's nothing more I can add Â? except: Way To Go, Allen Neighborhood Center Market!!!

Allen Neighborhood Center and Farmers Market is the best because of the friendly,energetic and caring farmers and employees. They have great produce! My entire staff look forward to visiting the Allen Neighborhood Farmers Market every Wednesday during the season.

They have worked hard at providing their community with fresh wonderful products!!

Great in-season fruits and veggies; also nice selection of plants, flowers, breads and healthy foods

The ANC Market is full of love, energy, good people, and great, fresh food brought by local farmers and artisans. As always, breaking bread together reinvigorates people and makes community.

They have wonderful farmers who bring in great fresh produce, grains, meat and other food items. In addition they have a variety of local vendors and information tables. It is a warm friendly place and I always see people I know when I go to the Market.

They are the first farmer's market in MI (and maybe the country) to accept food stamps/bridge cards. I love to shop at the ANC Farmers Market - best stuff from local growers, music, health info, and more!

ANC is one of the better community-building organizations in the Lansing area. The employees and volunteers work tirelessly to provide opportunities for Lansing residents to become involved in recreation, community and activism. There is also a lot of information at ANC for people to learn how to improve their lives, healthwise, socially and financially. And we love the Allen Farmer's Market!

ANC is a great community organization and puts on a stellar market, right in the heart of Lansing's vibrant Eastside neighborhood. The market is a highlight of the week!

The dedicated staff have hearts as big as the sky and are always looking for ways to help people in the neighborhood enhance their lives.

It is a friendly, inclusive community based activity! The fresh produce and other products are a great resource to have right near my neighborhood. I just appreciate the opportunity to support local business!

The market is within walking distance of home, and provides a wide variety of products, live music, community outreach programs - the atmosphere provides a great sense of community!

I love having farmers' market in our neighborhood. The produce is fresh and the people are friendly.

Great local food, music, community......what else could you possibly want?! The Farmer's are very friendly and helpful with information about their produce...great variety and also a great group of kids running around.....great atmosphere.......

The Allen Neighborhood Center's farmer's market brings fresh farm produce right into a city neighborhood of residents who could rarely travel to purchase fresh Michigan grown products. This Market a unique and rare happening and should be recognized as such. We gladly support it, and the quality of life it brings to the Allen St. neighborhood and Lansing's east side.

Lansing's Allen Neighborhood Center (ANC) is a treasured jewel two blocks from my house. Not only do they provide great community programs, but a fabulous farmer's market that continues to grow each year. Each Wednesday is an opportunity to meet up with friends, win cool (and healthy) prizes for answering health related questions, listen to live local music, sample different recipes using local food and talk to the farmer who grew your week's groceries. The ANC Farmer's Market was also the first non-profit in Michigan to be authorized for the use of EBT money (food stamps). ANC has always been focused on the health of the neighborhood, but good health is beyond education workshops and signing residents up for the Ingham County Health Plan. ANC has successfully combined the need to access healthy food while also providing a marketing opportunity for small local farmers. While this article is a little outdated (ANC has had their market in full swing for about 5 years now), it is a great summary of ANC's Farmer's Market and other healthy initiatives. http://www.communityvoices.org/Article.aspx?ID=356 ANC is the heartbeat of Lansing's eastside and continues to grow its healthy efforts. It's true - good health is contagious and the ANC Farmer's Market is dishing it up!

The ANC provides a warm nurturing atmosphere to the Eastside of Lansing, MI. I cannot believe the activities available and the outreach this center provides to our neighborhood.

Allen street supports the community more than any farmers market I have seen. They try to reach a helping hand out to everyone and the fingers extend into so many supportive areas that it is an amazing net of influence. They promote healthy living and strive to offer many options for achieving this.

ANC increases access to fresh, healthy food in our Lansing neighborhood. They also provide a place for neighbors and friends to visit and to taste some delicious food!!

The market has become a focal point for the neighborhood. It continues to evolve and strengthen its appeal to diverse interests.

It has grown immensely over the past few years because of local support for the service it provides - great food and a welcoming atmosphere!

Allen Neighborhood Center reaches all corners of Lansing not just their neighborhood and the Farmers Market always has wonderful produce and other goodies for every taste!

We are addicted to the homemade bread and many of the other treats that are sold at the ANC Market. We also just to touch base once a week with many of our friends and neighbors in the area at the market.

The Allen Neighborhood Center and the Farmers Market not only supports their local neighbors but brings in residents from the surrounding communities. The Farmers Market have very diverse vendors who bring a wide range of ethnic and organic foods.

I support the center because it is located in an area of lower income housing and they have many great programs to help nieghbors of all ages and income levels. The market is wonderful! They do a great job of getting a wide range of vendors to attend.

I grew up in France with farmers' markets available alsmot everyday of the week. I love buying my produce at the market. Going to the Allen Neighborhood Center brings back great memories of home. I get to buy veggies I have never tried before, and people are really pleasant.

This project has grown over the years and has support not only in the neighborhood, but the Lansing area community as well. The project supports health and nutrition and encourages buying and selling locally. It's growth in popularity over the years indicates the enormous benefit perceived by the entire community.

As a former Lansing resident, I am well aware of the services that ANC provides. They are a necessary and vital part of the neighborhood.

I support the Allen Neighborhood Center because they support the community at every level and really the center of re building our community. They bring people together and supoort clean neighborhoods, healthy living, comunnity involvment and projects.

I'm voting for the Allen Street Farmer's Market because farmer's there offer fresh, local, healthy food in an area of Lansing where there are no grocery stores. Also, they take food stamps and are open after work!

ANC brings fresh, locally-grown produce along with delicious prepared food and fun entertainment to help increase the vibrancy of our neighborhood!

I support ANC because staff is devoted to offering the people they serve a hand up rather than simply a hand out. The ANC farmer's market was created in direct response to community needs and it provides ready access to fresh, healthy foods in an urban area where 20% of residents do not have cars. Not only that, it is one of the best, most vibrant markets around!

Allen Neighborhood Center brings fresh food to a neighborhood with little other access and the selection is so fantastic that the market grows in popularity every week.

I support the center because it is MY neighborhood center! It is also a phenomenal organization and does a lot for keeping us informed, and making our neighborhood a community! The Farmers Market is GREAT!

I live 3 blocks away, very convenient. Love the fresh fruits and vegetables. Vendors are friendly and informative. Take my daycare kids to market whenever I can. It's a fun field trip for them.

The people involved in the Neighborhood Center are extremely dedicated, compassionate people that have their hearts in the right place. They put a lot of effort into making the neighborhood a better place for everyone. They are very much appreciated by those outside their community as well as within their community.

I live three blocks from ANC and have for the past six years. They are a wonderful resource to the Lansing community and everyone at the Farmers Market (especially the farmers) are always generous, informative and helpful.

I support Allen Neighborhood Center because they care about the community, their outreach programs change people's lives, and their Farmer's Market is the best!

Allen Neighborhood Center is a vital support to both their own neighborhood and the total community. The Center provide a variety of hands on services that really help people with the problems they are faced with everyday.

The Allen Neighborhood Center is the best example I know of, of local people working hard, year in and year out, to create urban community. You are the glue that makes your neighborhood a great place to live. Thank you for all you do.

My wife and I live just a couple blocks from the ANC market. We walk down every Wednesday for fresh produce and to interact with all the great neighbors on the Eastside. It's always a mid-week highlight!

the allen st. farmers market is the best!! they are always friendly and helpful to EVERYONE!! what they do at the market and the center is wonderful! for sure one of the highlights of the east side, I will always go!!!!!!

The market makes good food available and affordable where it's needed. A great feature of a great neighborhood.

ANC is awesome! It is the heart of the Eastside renaissance-- from assisting with food needs to insurance to over the counter medication access to locally grown food to neighborhood safety and security-- ANC is there

Access to fresh local organic foods in my own neighborhood where I meet and greet friends and neighbors while strengthening my community and my health--it's a win-win situation!

I like allen st market because it is full of liberals who don't bathe, the women don't shave. Nothing says fresh food as well as stinky unshaved hippie chicks. When I have bought fruit or veggies there, they have been moldy by the time I get home, mm mm that's good eating.

Great Local Market! Great community and food and art and people supporting the eastside neighborhood.

They were the first market to accept EBT/food stamps in the state! There are many wonderful, friendly, hard working farmers with delicious local produce. I can and do walk or bike there every week. I love chatting with everyone there- it's really a hub of the community.

I love the fact that they are making whole, local food available in a neighborhood that is primarily served by convience and liquor stores, especially the fact that they accept food stamps and debit cards. And of course the wonderful fresh produce, locally baked bread, and friendly people are a big plus as well.

Farmers' market with *only* local food... no wholesalers. Friendly farmers and staff; always some other interesting community-based activity going on.

Fresh fruit, veggies, handmade soaps and natural goodies - all only a block away! What more is there to love! My kids also LOVE the experience of going to the market every Wednesday! Also a great way to meet people in my great neighborhood!

It brings good, healthy food into a part of the city that is a "food desert" -- no markets except convenience stores -- and they did all the paperwork so folks can use food stamps there, and set up a system so they can use them without being embarrassed.

Wonderful fresh food, great atmosphere and some of the friendliest people I know. Fantastic variety of vendors. And they also have kids activities. This allows me to shop without interruption, yet they are nearby so I can still keep an eye on them.

I do not live in the Allen St. neighborhood, yet I always meet up with at least one person at the market that I know -- often several people! This attests to it's wide-spread popularity, not just with the neighborhood it inhabits, but with an entire quadrant of the city. Sometimes I visit even if I don't really need to buy anything! (Though I never come away empty-handed.) The best small market around!

The best community market around - loads of volunteers, tons of community involvment, and ALL michigan produce!!

The Allen Street Market has brought wonderfully fresh, locally grown produce to an area in the city where it would normally not be found. The market supports healthy eating and living for everyone, and makes it easily accessible and affordable. It has helped to unite the community and has created a great sense a pride in the neighborhood. It is an amazing resource and every week during the summer I look forward to a visit!