It’s easy to run into a grocery store and throw produce, bread, dairy, and meat in a cart and call it healthy. But, can you know for sure where this food was grown or raised? Can you know for sure which pesticides were used? Farmers’ markets are available year round in our area, not just […]
FORT WAYNE, Indiana (WANE) – The St. Joseph Community Health Foundation and Parkview Health have joined forces once again to sell local produce in HEAL markets. The first of three markets opens Wednesday. HEAL effort is synonymous with healthy eating and active living. “HEAL Agricultural Markets are markets intended to serve underserved communities,” said Sharon […]
Beech Springs Farm Market and Clark County’s Fink Meats are two of 108 markets in the state accepted into the Kentucky Farm Bureau (KFB) Certified Farmer’s Market Program 2021. By joining the KFB Certified Farm Market Program, these markets are committed to providing quality products and services to their customers. Acceptance by Farm Bureau tells […]
Hardin County is home to five of the 108 Commonwealth Markets accepted into the Kentucky Farm Bureau’s 2021 Certified Farmer’s Market Program. Hinton’s Orchard & Farm Market-Elizabethtown, Sunshine and Blossoms Greenhouse, Wilmoth Family Farms and Market, Crawford Farms, and The Pumpkin Wagon of Hardin County are all part of the program. By joining the KFB […]
Vernon Farmers Market The Vernon Farmers’ Market opens Saturday, May 22 in the municipal parking lot, located at 21 Church Street in Vernon (across from City Hall). It will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month until October 23. The market offers local produce, honey, […]
Food accessibility took center stage during the first of three webinars at the Western Maryland Food Council Virtual Conference. The video session was joined by approximately 75 attendees to listen to the keynote address by Mark Winne, author and senior advisor at the Center for a Livable Future at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of […]
Be sure to contact the farmer’s market before going on COVID-19 guidelines. ORANGE COUNTY ** Back to the Future Farm: 240 Browns Rd., Westtown, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. Free farm tours available. Rose Hubbert, 283-0366. Backtothefuturefarm.com ** Cornwall Town Farmer’s Market: Town Hall parking lot, 183 Main Street, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., […]