Beaver Island ArchiveA primary-source archive & encyclopedia45°40′N 85°33′W · Lake Michigan
Search

Event

Beaver Island Farmers Market opens its 2011 season

Also Beaver Island Farmers Market 2011

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

Locator map: Beaver Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Beaver IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
TypeEvent
Dates2011-06-16 – 2011-08-31
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
Locator map: Beaver Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Beaver IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Event
Dates
2011-06-16 – 2011-08-31
Kind
Commerce
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
agriculturecommercecommunityfood
Within
Beaver Island

Beaver Island Gardens announced the 2011 Farmers Market season at Paradise Bay Coffee Shop on Thursday mornings from 9 to 11 a.m., beginning June 16. August notices repeat the weekly schedule and promote late-season produce; a final notice identifies August 31 as the last market of the season.

Evidence limits

These are first-party market schedule announcements. They establish the planned opening and advertised hours, not the complete season or market attendance.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. Beaver Island Gardens invited existing and prospective vendors to a planning meeting about the coming growing season and market. This documents early coordination, not the eventual vendor roster or sales.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 03 · t003232
  2. The season-end notice advertised a final 9–11 a.m. market and listed late-season produce and prepared foods. The August thread shows the market continued through the summer, but does not provide a full vendor or sales record.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 03 · t003997
  3. The notice repeats the Thursday 9–11 a.m. schedule at Paradise Bay Coffee Shop. It is a first-party operating notice, not an attendance or sales record.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 03 · t003846
  4. The market announcement set Thursday hours of 9–11 a.m. at Paradise Bay Coffee Shop and described food from local producers. It establishes the planned opening, not the full season, vendor roster, sales, or attendance.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 03 · t003596
  5. A follow-up said the market would operate despite weather and again gave the 9 a.m. start. It remains a first-party schedule update.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 03 · t003602
  6. The July notices said qualifying seniors could obtain a $40 Project Fresh coupon booklet through Ann Partridge at the Community Center and use it at the Thursday market, while Beaver Island Gardens advertised cherries, pies, and forthcoming sweet corn. These are program and vendor notices, not enrollment, sales, or attendance records.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 03 · t003772
  7. The notice repeats the Thursday 9–11 a.m. schedule and identifies black sweet cherries, tart cherry pies, and upcoming sweet corn. A Commission on Aging reply explains that Project Fresh offered $40 in coupons to income-eligible Charlevoix County residents over 60, including summer residents.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 03 · t003809

Added 9 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Farmers Market opens its 2011 season”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-farmers-market-season-opening-2011/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Gardens, "Farm Market Summer Planning Session," Beaver Island Forum, March 9, 2011. (and 6 further sources listed on the page).

Last revised 2026-08-09. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.

BibTeXRIS