Support Your Local Farmers' Market

Saturday is the last day of National Farmers' Market Week, and by no coincidence also the day most Farmers' Markets are open.

If you're discouraged by the age, distance traveled, tastelessness, homogeneity and pesticides of what passes for "produce" in the grocery store, raise your spirits and your health at your local Farmers' Market.

Farmers markets are an integral part of the urban/farm linkage and have continued to rise in popularity, mostly due to the growing consumer interest in obtaining fresh products directly from the farm. Farmers markets allow consumers to have access to locally grown, farm fresh produce, enables farmers the opportunity to develop a personal relationship with their customers, and cultivate consumer loyalty with the farmers who grows the produce. Direct marketing of farm products through farmers markets continues to be an important sales outlet for agricultural producers nationwide. Today, there are nearly 4,800 farmers markets operating throughout the nation.

Click here to find a Farmers' Market near you.