Farmers' Market focuses on women's health

This week's theme at the GVSU Farmers’ Market will center on women’s health issues.

Various campus departments, including the Women’s Center and Campus Recreation, will offer recipes and tips for healthy eating and give free blood pressure screenings. Information will be available on the symptoms and effects of heart disease.

The market, in parking lot F of the Allendale Campus, will be open from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Wednesday, July 18. It will run each Wednesday through August 22.

The market, sponsored by Work Life Connections, features local farmers who bring fresh fruits and vegetables, homemade bread and jerky, fresh flowers and other items.