A Farmers Market will be held Aug. 27 and Sept.17 for the convenience of students, employees and visitors at the Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit Medical Center, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Institute, and community members who wish to purchase fresh, locally grown produce. The hours are 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., and the market will be held in front of Scott Hall, just southwest of St. Antoine and Canfield streets.

Fifteen-minute metered customer parking will be available in the driveway on Canfield, between Scott Hall and the Lande Building, just west of Canfield and St. Antoine.

The two markets on the medical school campus are being tried to determine level of interest. As with the popular Wayne State farmers market held weekly on the main campus, the medical campus market will feature produce from farmers from Detroit and the surrounding metropolitan region. With abundant harvests this year, farmers will offer an array of fresh, locally grown produce.

The market's organizers are especially proud of Detroit growers who will participate in the market, said WSU professor Kami Pothukuchi, project coordinator. Growers include the D-Town Farm, an activity of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network, Vandalia Gardens and the Grown in Detroit Cooperative, coordinated by the Garden Resource Program Collaborative.

The market will accept cash and the Michigan Bridge Card, a food stamp program now called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The medical school campus farmers market is a project of SEED Wayne, with support from the university's Business and Auxiliary Operations Division, School of Medicine and Public Safety Department.

For questions, contact Kami Pothukuchi at k.pothukuchi@wayne.edu, 313-577-4297.

About SEED Wayne:

SEED Wayne's mission is to collaboratively build sustainable food systems on the campus of Wayne State University and in Detroit-area neighborhoods.

SEED Wayne projects include the Warrior Demonstration Garden and the St. Andrew's Allotment Garden on campus, in which students and staff grow herbs and vegetables; the Wayne State Wednesday Farmers Market in which area market gardeners and farmers sell fresh fruits, vegetables, herbs, and prepared foods; Cafeteria Composting, in which kitchen wastes at the McGregor Memorial Conference Center and campus cafeterias are composted; a 4,000-square-foot passive solar greenhouse at the Capuchin Soup Kitchen for year-round production of vegetables for the soup kitchen; and Healthy Corner Stores, in which corner stores in the near-eastside neighborhood around Capuchin Soup Kitchen increase access to fresh produce in the community.

SEED Wayne is made possible by the Ford Motor Company Fund.

For more information on SEED Wayne, see www.clas.wayne.edu/seedwayne.