Where your food comes from matters

Growing Hope fosters an equitable & sustainable local food system where all people are empowered to grow, sell, buy, prepare and eat nourishing food.

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Ypsilanti Farmers Market

The open-air farmers market takes place every Saturday from May through October from 9am – 1pm.

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A Just Food System Is Not Given--It's Grown

We are living through a moment of transformation, where food is not just nourishment, but resistance. Not just a value, but a strategy for survival.

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Our Impact Areas

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YOUTH & SCHOOLS

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FARMERS MARKETS

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The Growing Hope Story

our mission

In 2003, Growing Hope became a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization focused on school garden development throughout Ypsilanti. Since then, we have expanded to strengthen and support the local food system throughout the community. In 2006, we started the downtown Ypsilanti Farmers Market and began managing the Depot Town Farmers Market in 2013. In 2008, we established the Growing Hope Center and Urban Farm where people of all ages learn to grow their own food. The Ypsilanti Farmers Marketplace and Growing Hope Incubator Kitchen were completed in 2018 to better support local farmers and food entrepreneurs. In 2020, we adapted to community needs as a result of the Covid 19 pandemic by opening the Ypsi Area Online Market, a year-round online farmers market.

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    Norris Stephens, Owner of Good Medicine Farm and Ypsilanti Farmers Markets Vendor

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“Knowledge is a garden, if it isn’t cultivated you can’t harvest it.”

Our Community Spaces

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Donate

Donors like you make our programs possible! Help us grow and support a more equitable and sustainable local food system.



Volunteer

Volunteers help sustain our programming year after year. We offer short and long-term opportunities for volunteers depending on your interests and needs.