Farmers Market Grant Opportunity Announced

Here’s a grant opportunity for Farmers Markets announced by the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition that seems particularly relevant in light of recent discussions at Monday night’s Southside Community Gardens meeting and Wednesday night’s screening of Fresh, and which also brings to mind Tim Will’s work in Appalachia.  As explained in the announcement, this year the Farmers Market Promotion Program is emphasizing, among other things, the need to bring new farmers into direct marketing venues and to improve access to local food in rural areas, priorities that complement other ongoing efforts, including Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move initiative to eliminate childhood obesity and the USDA’s Know Your Farmer Know Your Food Campaign. Please share this grant opportunity with anyone you think might be interested in applying, or who knows somone who is.

Farmers Market Grant Opportunity Announced