Eastern Market, Detroit · Pickup at 2934 Russell St
Michigan produce, counted out for one kitchen.
Fresh produce, sourdough, honey and eggs from named Michigan counties, sold by the pound or the dozen. Send a request, we call to confirm the weight and the day, and it waits at our Detroit counter with your name on it.
- 6 items on the listNothing else is set aside
- 5 Michigan countiesKent, Ottawa, Macomb, Washtenaw, Lapeer
- 1 Detroit bakeryMichigan-milled wheat, baked overnight
We are a small counter shop with a small team at 2934 Russell Street. Whoever picks up (313) 833-9300 is standing at that counter, next to the cooler your order goes into.
On the counter this week · tomatoes, carrots, lacinato kale, applesTags stay blank until the county is confirmed
- Heirloom tomato, Kent County, per lb
- Northern Spy, Ottawa County, half-bushel
- Lacinato kale, Macomb County, per bunch
- Carrots and beets, Washtenaw County, per lb
- Pastured eggs, Lapeer County, per dozen
This week's range
Six things on the counter, each with a county on its tag.
This is our whole list. We set aside these six and nothing else. Six lines, three counties of vegetables, one bakery. Pick one, read where it grew, then ask for the amount you'll actually use this week.
How a pickup works
We arrange your pickup on the phone, one person to another.
No slot-booking screen and no basket. You tell us what you want, someone at the counter calls you back, and the order sits in our cooler under your name. Nothing is set aside until that call has happened.
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Step one · any day
Pick from the list.
Use the request form or call. Say the item and the amount in the unit it's sold by: two pounds of Cherokee Purple, a half-dozen eggs, one loaf. If you're canning, say so. A half-bushel is ordered two days ahead so the farm can pick for it.
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Step two · usually same day
We call to confirm weight and day.
A person at the counter rings you back. We tell you what actually came in, whether the Green Zebra is still running, and which day it will be ready. Tomatoes come in on Tuesday and Friday. Order by the day before and we set yours aside.
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Step three · delivery day
We set it aside, labelled with your name.
Your order is bagged or crated when the delivery lands, tagged with your name and the county it came from, and held in the cooler. Bread is held on the shelf, because sourdough goes soft in the cold. It is held for the agreed day only.
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Step four · at the counter
Collect at 2934 Russell Street and pay.
Give your name at the counter. We put it on the scale in front of you, work out the total at the week's board price and you pay there. If anything is spoiled when you open the bag, tell us before you leave and we replace it.
- Half-bushel tomatoes, about 25 lb
- Half-bushel apples, about 21 lb
- Ordered two days ahead
- Weight confirmed at pickup
- Raw wildflower honey, 1 lb jar
Canning weeks · August to October
Half-bushel orders for canning weeks.
Canning tomatoes by the bushel, Michigan apples by the half-bushel. Same farms as the per-pound stock, same county on the tag, picked for your order instead of pulled from the case. A half-bushel of Northern Spy is about 21 pounds. That is two pies and a winter of sauce, or too much for a small kitchen, so ask.
- Heirloom tomatoes
- Half-bushel · about 25 lbKent County. Priced at the week's per-lb board rate on the confirmed weight. Mixed or sauce-ripe on request.
- Orchard apples
- Half-bushel · about 21 lbOttawa County. Northern Spy for baking, or a mix with Honeycrisp and Jonagold. Priced per half-bushel, confirmed at pickup.
- Order window
- Two days aheadThe farm picks on the day before delivery. A same-day half-bushel only happens if the case already holds it.
The price on the board is the week's price · we confirm the weight at the counter, then you pay
Where it grew
How the county tags work
If a tag says Ottawa County, the apples came from Ottawa County.
Every crate on the counter carries a card with two things written on it: the county the farm sits in and the day the delivery came through the door. We started doing that because customers kept asking, and it turned out to be the fastest way to answer. The website repeats the same habit, item by item.
Tomatoes come from Kent County. Apples from Ottawa. Greens and roots from Macomb and Washtenaw County farms, cut the day before they reach Russell Street. Eggs from pastured hens in Lapeer County. Bread comes from one Detroit bakery that mills nothing itself but buys Michigan-milled wheat.
We don't sell anything called local that we can't trace to a county. If a farm misses a week, the item comes off the list rather than being filled from a distributor. That sometimes means the tomato case is half empty on a Thursday. We'd rather say so on the phone.
Before you order
The questions people ask on the phone, answered here.
This shop is for households in and around Detroit who can come to the counter. If you need a weekly box delivered to your door, we are the wrong place, and we'd rather tell you now.
Can you deliver or ship an order?
No. We don't ship perishables and we don't run a delivery van. Eggs, for one, go from the farm cooler to ours to your bag. Every order is collected at the counter at 2934 Russell Street, and if someone else is picking up for you, give us their name when we call.
Is the price on the site a quote?
No. The site gives the price basis: per lb for tomatoes, apples and roots, per bunch for greens, per dozen or half-dozen for eggs, per loaf for bread, per jar for honey and preserves. The board price moves with the week's delivery. When we call to confirm, we tell you that week's figure. The total is worked out on the scale at pickup.
What happens if I can't make my pickup day?
Call before the day and we move it if the stock allows. We don't hold produce past the agreed pickup day. A ripe heirloom that waits two more days is not the tomato you ordered, and the next customer on the list is usually waiting for it.
Is a small order worth your time?
Yes. A single loaf or six eggs is a real order. Most of what we set aside is under five pounds. Half-bushels are the exception, and they need two days' notice.
What if something is bad when I open the bag?
Open it at the counter. If an item is spoiled at pickup and you tell us there, we replace it from the case or take it off the total. The details are in the freshness guarantee.