Posted in Farmers Markets, Oh Say Can You CSA!, Real Time Farms blog on July 4, 2011
I am happy to report our capital city, the thriving metropolis of Washington DC, shuts down roads and stops traffic for local food – and it all began with FRESHFARM markets. The 501c3 organization runs 11 farmers markets in DC, Maryland, and Virginia. One of the two FRESHFARM Directors, Ann Yonkers, recently shared with me [...]
Posted in Farm to Fork, Real Time Farms blog, Vision on May 31, 2011
(Other than being a good word for freerice.com, encomium denotes a song of praise.) Just in time for a perfect week of spring weather, I visited DC (my hometown) and Baltimore to walk up and down the Mall, visit the Department of Agriculture (USDA), talk to restaurants in love with transparency, take pictures of markets, [...]
Posted in AnnArbor.com, Farmers Markets, Watch & Listen on October 4, 2010
The Westside Farmers Market will start its 2011 season on Thursday, June 2. Last Thursday was the last market day of the 2010 season for the Westside Farmers’ Market. We were gifted with a warm and clear day, a perfect chance to look back at the accomplishments in the market’s 5th year.This was the first year [...]
Posted in AnnArbor.com, Farmers Markets on September 28, 2010
I have received several emails on the Michigan Farmers Market listserv urging us to contact our representative in the U.S. House of Representatives not to pass the U.S. Senate bill Hunger-Free Kids Act, S. 3307. People are concerned because the bill, as it stands, pays for its $4.5 billion price tag by cutting $2.2 billion from [...]
Posted in AnnArbor.com, Farm to Fork, Farmers Markets on September 9, 2010
Photo courtesy of Richard McLeary Congressman John Dingell, Oran Hesterman of the Fair Food Network and Amanda Edmonds of Growing Hope spoke Tuesday afternoon at the Downtown Ypsilanti Farmers Market to launch the Double Up Food Buck program in Washtenaw County. As I wrote about in July, the Double Up Food Bucks program matches every [...]
