Jefferson County’s newest market brings growers and consumers together
CHIMACUM, WA. MAY 22, 2008 – Starting Sunday, June 1st, The Chimacum Farmers' Market will open to the public for the season.
Featuring locally grown produce from Chimacum Grange farmers, customers can be sure they are receiving the freshest items, most of which are produced within 30 miles of the market. Opening weekend offerings may include fresh greens, radishes, peas, herbs, vegetable and flower starts, seeds, jams and jellies, coffee, chocolate, eggs, wool and lavender products.
Participating farmers and producers include Plum Wild Farm, Dharma Ridge Farm, G&R Quality Seafood, Olympic Pastured Poultry, Mountain Spirit Herbal Co., Sequim Lavender Company, Princess Valiant Coffee and John Gunning's Familty Farm.
The popularity of farmers markets is growing quickly as people become more interested in eating locally. The surge in the cost of oil has had a noticeable effect on the price of food in the grocery store, since most food requires processing, packaging, refrigeration and a long trip in a truck. Local food is largely free of these fluctuating costs and is closer to the actual cost of production. Items produced closer to home are higher in nutrients because they tend to be picked at their peak and do not spend many days in transit to the consumer, losing more nutrients.
Patronizing local farmers keeps agriculture viable on the peninsula, ensuring that farms will stay in production and increasing food security on the peninsula. As people become more interested in locallization and supporting the local economy first, food is at the top of the list of things in which everyone has the same basic need. Building a strong food network means that peninsula residents would have an easier time being fed in the case of emergency that effects the normal channels of large scale food distribution.
The Chimacum Farmers' Market is located at the Grange, 9572 Rhody Drive, on the Jefferson Transit bus line across from the Chimacum Schools. The market will be open Sundays from 11am to 3pm, June 1st through October.
For more information on the Chimacum Farmers' Market, please visit http://www.chimacum.org/ or contact Molly Fahrenschon at 360.821.1035
Thursday, May 22, 2008
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