WELCOME TO THE SARA HARDY DOWNTOWN FARMERS MARKET... ONLINE!
The Traverse City Downtown Development Authority (DDA) hosts an online marketplace for locally grown and produced food from the Sara Hardy Downtown Farmers Market. This online platform makes it possible for farmers to work together to meet the growing demand for local, sustainable food in our region. Farmers benefit from the marketing, selling, packaging, and delivering of their produce and prepared foods. The marketplace makes fresh, healthy, locally grown food available to you, the buyer, to order online and pick up in Downtown Traverse City.
ORDERING SCHEDULE:
From June to October online order pickups will be on Wednesdays at the Traverse City Tourism main lobby at 101 W Grandview Pkwy, Traverse City, MI 49684. Bags are generously provided by Oryana Community Co-op and are open for shopping on Saturdays.
- Sundays, 12 PM; Ordering opens
- Thursday, 12 PM; Ordering closes
-Saturday, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM; Customer pickups - no specific time assignments.
No Markets:
11/25/23- Thanksgiving
12/23/23- Christmas- TBD
12/30/23- New Years- TBD
WHAT'S NEW THIS WEEK?
Visit our Product List page to see what is available. We're growing and so is our product list. Check the website weekly for new items.
GETTING STARTED
CUSTOMERS! Would you prefer to buy fresh healthy food from local farmers? Are you interested in reducing your carbon footprint? If you're ready, Register as a Customer. REMEMBER: You are ordering for pick up on the upcoming Saturday and ORDERING CLOSES AT 12 PM on Thursday! There is a $20 minimum requirement to place an order, and there is a small $2 fee per order to help cover operation costs.
PICK-UP PROCESS FOR CUSTOMERS:
When you arrive at Traverse City Tourism Building (101 W Grandview Pkwy, Traverse City, MI 49684), please use the street parking off of Garland, while the parking lot to the west of the building can be used as well. A market representative will take your name and pull your order. Please be prepared to verify that all items in your order are correct, as we cannot fix an error after you leave.
For those using food assistance programs, please be sure that you have enough cash to cover the entire order or the amount of the order your food assistance programs cannot. Please keep in mind the eligibility of products for certain food assistance programs. (i.e. EBT - all edible items, Double Up Food Bucks - only fresh fruits and vegetables).
At this time, delivery/shipping options are not available.
If for some reason you are not able to pick up your order, please contact the Market Manager (kwarner@ecoseeds.org) by 10:00 AM on Friday before the scheduled market. Any notifications past 10:00 AM customers are liable for the purchase of the order, no matter the customer type. Orders not picked up by 1:00 pm, will be donated.
PRODUCERS! Are you a local farmer looking for an opportunity to reach out to our community? Check out the Sara Hardy Downtown Farmers Market page on the downtowntc.com website for our current application. An application must be submitted to be accepted into the online platform. Register as a Producer and let us know what you are interested in selling through the Market.
CONTACT US: For questions, please feel to email us at sarahardyfarmersmarket@downtowntc.com or by calling us at 231.922.2050.