Wayne State University Farmers Market

Members of the university, Midtown, and broader Detroit community are invited to visit the Wayne State market and shop for fresh, locally grown vegetables, fruits, herbs, flowers, honey, and other farm and food products.

The market is open every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., through October 26. It is located at 5201 Cass Ave., in front of Wayne State University's Prentis Hall (WSU Business School), across the street from the Detroit Public Library. Short-term parking is available on Cass Ave. for market patrons.

The Wayne State University Farmers Market accepts the Michigan Bridge Card and Project Fresh and Senior Project Fresh coupons. The Bridge Card is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, which helps impoverished households buy food. Project Fresh and Senior Project Fresh are state government programs that help pregnant women and children, and senior citizens, respectively, have access to Michigan-produced fruits and vegetables sold at farmers markets. By participating in these nutrition programs, the Wayne State University Farmers Market supports Michigan producers while also increasing access to healthy food in Detroit.

To provide additional benefits to low-income households, the market will match Bridge Card spending dollar for dollar up to $20 per card per day with Double Up Food Bucks. Double Up Food Bucks are made possible at the WSU Farmers Market through a partnership with the Fair Food Network. For more information, browse: www.fairfoodnetwork.org.

The Wayne State University Farmers Market is a project of SEED Wayne. SEED Wayne's mission is to collaboratively build sustainable food systems on the campus of Wayne State University and in Detroit neighborhoods.

SEED Wayne projects include the Warrior Demonstration Garden, the St. Andrew's Allotment Garden and the Parking Structure 5 rooftop garden on campus, in which students and staff grow herbs and vegetables; the Wayne State University Farmers Markets in which area market gardeners and farmers sell fresh fruits, vegetables, herbs, and prepared foods; Cafeteria Composting, in which kitchen wastes at campus cafeterias are composted; a 4,000 sq. ft. passive solar greenhouse at the Capuchin Soup Kitchen for year-round production of vegetables for the soup kitchen; and Detroit FRESH, the Healthy Corner Store Project, in which neighborhood corner stores in the city are assisted to carry and sell fresh fruits and vegetables.