Find Your Farmers Market and Local Produce
Shop local at your friendly farmers market
It's National Farmers Market Week Aug. 2-8
While COVID-19 has made it a challenge for markets across the country, you can shop at South Florida markets in different ways during the pandemic.
Why is it more important than ever to support your local farmers market, no matter how you shop there?
• Farmers markets are essential businesses. Local food systems with short supply chains are resilient and dependable in making food available to their communities, according to the National Farmers Market Coalition.
• Farmers market organizations are local food heroes. Market operators were among the first to implement innovative strategies to change their operations around public health
protocols and find ways to get food to customers. In South Florida, that meant setting up online farmers markets for pickup/delivery, like Urban Oasis Project and Farmers Markets to Go, and drive-through markets.
• Farmers markets are safe. The National Farmers Market Coalition says emerging research supports conventional wisdom in that outdoor marketplaces like farmers markets are often safer than alternative indoor retailers. They feature unlimited air circulation, sunlight, the flexibility to enforce social distancing by spreading out vendors and and products and other innovative strategies market operators have implemented.
Support your friendly farmers market today! Look for farmers markets and farmstands selling local produce during the pandemic in story at right.
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