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Find Local Food!

Local food is all around you, but sometimes it's so hard to find! Below, you can find links to a variety of different sources where you can get it.

But don't stop there! Part of the "Buy Fresh, Buy Local - Select Michigan Day" is raising awareness and urging others to celebrate! Ask your local grocery where their Michigan-produced fruits, veggies and meats are. Or look for dishes at your restaurant that feature, or should feature, local foods. Let them know that you're looking for it.

Check out these place to find out where, and how, to get local food.

Michigan Farm Market & Agricultural Tourism Directory
MDA's annual directory is a guide to more than 255 venues of local food, and this site also has a searchable database for farms, farmers markets, farm stands and u-picks and more.

Michigan Farmers Markets:
This site, hosted by MSU, MIFFS and the Michigan Farmers Market Association (MIFMA) has a complete listing of Michigan's farmers markets, along with their hours and contact information.

Michigan MarketMaker
Find farmers, farm stands, farmers markets and local food groceries, restaurants and more here. Register your business or farm free or find local food in your area.

Local Harvest
This site can help you find farmers' markets, family farms, and other sources of sustainably grown food in your area, including groceries, restaurants and co-ops.

Pure Michigan
Michigan’s official Travel and Tourism site lists farms and farmers markets in their Shopping section so that visitors can search for local food in whatever town they are planning to visit.

Michivore.com
“The Ultimate Destination for Every Michigander Who Eats,” this site is a local food enthusiast’s dream where visitors can read about the benefits of eating local and find farms and farmers markets in their area.

Taste the Local Difference
Hosted by the Michigan Land Use Institute, this site lists farmers, markets, restaurants and other venues in Northwestern Michigan by product, region and growing practice.