Students and residents won’t have to live on a farm to get fresh produce.

The East Lansing Farmer’s Market will allow people to purchase fresh products when it holds its grand opening celebration Thursday.

The farmer’s market, which is in its seventh year, will be moving from its location under the Charles Street parking structure to a new location on the corner of Albert Avenue and Charles Street, just east of the Marriott hotel at University Place, 300 M.A.C. Ave.

“The (new) area is brighter and more open,” said Kelcey Anderson, community events specialist for East Lansing. “We wanted to attract more people - it is a more pleasant area.”

Anderson said the market will have more vendors and will have more customers checking out the area.

“I think it attracts a lot of residents and when students come back it attracts them,” she said. “You can get flowers, fruit and crafts.”

The market will be open from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. every Thursday and from noon to 4 p.m. every Sunday through Oct. 28.

The grand opening celebrations, which will be held Thursday and Sunday, will feature other activities for marketgoers to attend.

“We will be having a huge splash the first two days,” Anderson said. “There will be children’s activities, demonstrations and music.”

She also said the market will have different themes each week.

“We’ll invite different organizations and groups and they will show you how to use the things you got at the market - for example, different recipes and summer treats,” Anderson said.

Paul Titus, owner of Titus Farms in Leslie, is one of the vendors who will have a table at the market this year. Titus Farms grows string beans, peas and potatoes.

Titus said people come to the market because of the quality of the products.

“Most of the people are looking for freshness and a product where they know where it came from and when it was picked,” he said.

Titus, who has worked at the market since the first one seven years ago, said other than produce, the market has items such as herbal soap, crafts and flowers.

“People are looking for new things,” he said. “They are looking for a lot of things really fresh that they can’t get in the store.”

Sarah Slobodzian, an art graduate student, said she has been to a farmer’s market before and would check out East Lansing’s market.

“It is something to do on a lazy day,” she said. “And I imagine fresh fruit is better than fruit that has been sitting around for a while.”

Slobodzian also said students will most likely frequent the market just as much as residents.

“Students will go to the market. I don’t think it is based on any one type of person - it’s all up for grabs.”