The most powerful tool we have to protect farmland is our fork.
ADAM DANFORTH
James Beard and IACP Award-Winning Author
"It’s no coincidence that the best meat comes from animals that live out long lives full of natural activity while thriving on nutritious food. Farmers are paramount — they provide the positive environment for livestock and cultivate the nourishing nature around them. Supporting our farmers, through markets, education, and policy work, is needed more than ever. Farming is a lifelong career, and the next generation needs to be cultivated now."
When you shop at your local farmers market, you help family farmers thrive. What you put on your fork matters.
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New Paltz, NY
- Family farmers are critical to ensuring access to fresh, local foods. The farmers market is my favorite stop Sunday afternoons!...
- I run the Barnstead Farmers Market and in our town we have many farms, they all struggle for one reason or another, working a fulltime job to support their passion, regulation...
- I operated a F2F bagel shop and deli for 5 years, located where the Troy Farmer's Market was held. Because of the proximity of the market, and more importantly, the diversity ...
- I want to support my local farmers because the quality is better, transportation costs and pollutes less, big corporations aren't as nice as small farmers, and because it's fu...
- The local farms and farmers are the lifeblood of a community. They are our source of nourishment and existence. A community without farms will cease to exist ....
- I want families farmers to thrive because that makes healthier communities
- I want family farms and their communities to not just survive but thrive. And that is EXACTLY WHAT the TROY WATERFRONT FARMERS MARKET does. My wife Amy and I are honored to be...
- I want my farmers market to thrive because it has helped revitalize an historic neighborhood in the heart of our city. The Oneida County Public Market, in historic Bagg's Squa...
- I want family farms to thrive for the benefit of consumers, so that they feel confident in their next meal and have the opportunity to build a relationship with a local farmer...
- I have been a vendor at the Charlottesville City Market for 14 years. I started because my elementary and middle school children wanted to do it. We thought it would be great ...
- I want family farms and farmers to survive and thrive. My business is based on beans, grains, and seeds. I sell them to encourage self-sufficient sprouting and healthy eating....
- I love going to my farmers market! I love knowing that these products were grown in or made in MY community--not shipped in from 1500 miles away. I like know that the people s...
- They are the source of our food system.
- I want farmers markets to thrive because it benefits the local farmer and grows the local economy through agriculture. Producer driven markets improve the health of a communit...
- I want family farms to not only survive, but thrive, as they are vital to the health and sustainability of our communities and landscapes....
- Farmer's Markets are critical to engaging consumers with small local farms. We need to expand access for the farms, so that consumers know who grows their food...
- It is important to me that my food be healthy, fresh, and safe. I have shopped weekly at the Troy Farmers Market and know and trust my farmers. I feel blessed....
- Good nutrition is the foundation to good health. It’s important for me to support my local farm families!...
- I think its important to support local businesses, I love the community that this farmers market brings to my home town & everything ive ever bought there has been absolut...
- Farmers protect our land, water, and wildlife resources for our current and future generations. They also make it possible to eat the freshest, healthiest food available, keep...