Why support your local Farmers Market?

Most of us never meet the people who grow our food

• Buying from farmers markets supports small family farmers. Without your support, many local farms risk extinction.


• Family farms and farmers markets employ local people.


• Farmers markets build community: market customers know their neighbors.


• Farmers markets are an important part of thriving local business districts.


• Eating fresh, local fruits and vegetables contributes to good health.


• Fresh, local products have incomparable flavor and quality.


• Family farms preserve the open space we, our children, and wild animals crave and need.
  

Local farms grow a diversity of crops , ensuring crop biodiversity, which is key to healthy ecosystems.