Market Team

Rori Weston

Executive Director + Market Manager

Rori is honored + grateful to be apart of the market in this capacity. Her infinite love + appreciation for homegrown food + farming made this position a perfect fit. Rori has a background in Hospitality + Tourism Management, farming and has been apart of the Grand Rapids food scene for years. She loves building relationships with the vendors and enjoys working closely with community partners to help create a fruitful food system for all. She has a lot of respect for the market’s history and is looking towards a bright future for FSFM in years to come!

When not managing a 97-year-old market, Rori loves waking up before the sun and having slow mornings by sipping tea, reading + writing. She enjoys spending lots of time in her tiny kitchen cooking + preserving foods. She + her Gentleman Suitor love spending time outdoors, traveling + cooking big brunches on Sunday

Emily Gilson

Photography, Design + Marketing Strategist

Emily loves immersing herself in the local food community + creating connections with farmers and food creators. She puts her creative energy to use, photographing the beautiful produce and capturing love + laughter between vendors and customers. Behind the scenes, she moderates our social media + creates graphic designs to help us communicate visually. She designed this website with the goal of embodying the magic of the market. She's a strong advocate for the healing power of food and believes eating from local sources is beneficial for health and happiness.

Outside of the Market, Emily finds joy in exploring new places, hiking aimlessly, cooking good food, and spending quality time with her wife + adorable dog. Her true passions lie in creative expression, fostering + creating connections with humans and animals, and spending lots of time with Mother Nature. She is a huge supporter of Michigan artists + the LGBTQ community and you will likely see her out on the town, helping raise awareness of important social issues or out dancing the night away with a big smile on her face.

Dana Eardley

Assistant Market Manager

As the Assistant Market Manager, Dana supports vendors, customers, and daily operations while exploring ways that the market can expand its reach and continue to serve as an anchor for our local food system. Everyone deserves the right to healthy food and Dana is proud that our market plays a role in promoting food access for our community. Dana is constantly in awe of the passion, creativity, and care that our growers and vendors employ to bring us delicious, local food.

In her spare time, Dana enjoys growing, cooking, and celebrating food and can frequently be found swimming in Lake Michigan.

Board of Directors

Vendor Committee