photo gallery: Images from the MFarmers' Market at the University of Michigan

By Melanie Maxwell Staff Photographer

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Posted on Thu, Sep 27, 2012 : 5:13 p.m.

Residential Dinning Services employees Melissa and Buzz Cummings work together while canning salsa during a demo during the MFarmers' Market set up outside of the Duderstadt Center on Thursday. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com

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Residential Dinning Services employees Melissa and Buzz Cummings work together while canning salsa during a demo during the MFarmers' Market set up outside of the Duderstadt Center on Thursday. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com

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Residential Dinning Services employees Melissa and Buzz Cummings work together while canning salsa during a demo during the MFarmers' Market set up outside of the Duderstadt Center on Thursday. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/01 MFarmer's/cache/092712_NEWS_MFarmers_MRM_02_fullsize.jpg
Residential Dinning Services employees Melissa Cummings fills canning jars with salsa during a demo during the MFarmers' Market set up outside of the Duderstadt Center on Thursday. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/01 MFarmer's/cache/092712_NEWS_MFarmers_MRM_01_fullsize.jpg
Students check out the offerings during the MFarmers' Market set up at the Duderstadt Center on Thursday. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/01 MFarmer's/cache/092712_NEWS_MFarmers_MRM_03_fullsize.jpg
University of Michigan junior Xiaobia Tong, of China, carries a large jar of honey as he shops with friends during the MFarmers' Market at the Duderstadt Center on Thursday. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/01 MFarmer's/cache/092712_NEWS_MFarmers_MRM_04_fullsize.jpg
University of Michigan student sophomore Emily Gibara, of Warren selects a stem as Ashley Rutledge assists her during the MFarmers' Market at of the Duderstadt Center on Thursday. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/01 MFarmer's/cache/092712_NEWS_MFarmers_MRM_05_fullsize.jpg
Great Harvest Bread Company's Ryan Messick slices bread for tasting during the MFarmers' Market set up outside of the Duderstadt Center on Thursday. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/01 MFarmer's/cache/092712_NEWS_MFarmers_MRM_06_fullsize.jpg
University of Michigan seniors Rachel Meyers, of Grand Rapids, left, and Natalie Smith, of New Jersey, check out the bread selections from Great Harvest Bread Company during the MFarmers' Market set up outside of the Duderstadt Center on Thursday. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/01 MFarmer's/cache/092712_NEWS_MFarmers_MRM_07_fullsize.jpg
Dale Lesser of Lesser Farms and Orchard, chats with a shopper as she check out a honey bear during the MFarmers' Market set up outside of the Duderstadt Center on Thursday. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/01 MFarmer's/cache/092712_NEWS_MFarmers_MRM_08_fullsize.jpg
senior Jason Lee, of Troy /calendar/photologue/photos/01 MFarmer's/cache/092712_NEWS_MFarmers_MRM_09_fullsize.jpg

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Fresh vegetables, flowers and honey were only some of the things available for sale at the MFarmer's Market, hosted Thursday on the University of Michigan campus by Central Student Government and University Unions.

At the markets, held periodically, chefs from U-M catering demonstrate recipes that are simple and easy enough for students to prepare in their dorm microwaves.

U-M began the markets last fall and, to organizers delight, hundreds of students have attended each one.

Farms represented at the market have included Lesser Farms and Orchard of Dexter, Goetz Farms of Riga and Todosciuk Farms of Howell.

The MFarmers' Market will return to campus for the third and final time this season on Oct. 11.