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What Are You Doing to Celebrate National FM Week?
Posted on June 28th, 2010 by admin. Filed under National Farmers Market Week, News.
National Farmers Market Week is August 1st-7th, 2010! The Farmers Market Coalition has updated its Markets Are Up! toolkit, including a Press Release Template, Talking Points, and FAQs to help you communicate to the public and spread the word about how your market is benefiting farmers, communities, and consumers.
Last year, FMC asked people to tell us why they love farmers markets. This year, we want to know how your market is celebrating and communicating the benefits of farmers markets during National Farmers Market Week.
So, how are you celebrating?
Are you hosting a local or state legislator? An heirloom tomato tasting? A state-wide radio campaign? A creative fundraiser? Are you engaging community partners? Are state agencies playing a role? Are you one of the eleven markets on the Toyota Farm to Table Tour? Are you hosting a giveaway, a photo contest, or delicious cooking demonstration?
Please use the ‘reply’ form below to share a brief description of what your market organization is doing to celebrate and raise awareness of the role farmers markets play in sustainable communities. Your idea may be an inspiration to another farmers market!
July 13th, 2010 at
The Green City Market will be in full swing during Farmers Market Week year! We celebrate twice a week with Chef Tastings and Demonstrations, our Kid’s Sprouts Education Program, tours through our Edible Garden, and live music all day! This year for Farmers Market Week we will have a focus on sustainable farmer education for our customers, helping to teach them about the innovative things our farmers are doing in their fields.
July 19th, 2010 at
Great things planed for Farmers Market Week at the Newton MA Cold Springs Farmers market; A baby goat will be on hand for kids to view goat cheese vendor, guitar playing at Casey’s(old Friends Farm) stand, Amy Koel Dog Trainer will answer questions such as “What kind of dog should I buy for my family” “How do we care for a dog”? etc., and a Hula Hoop demonstration!
Judy
July 28th, 2010 at
The De Soto Farmers’ Market is celebrating National Farmers Market Week with Tomato Fest, Saturday, August 7th from 8am-Noon.
The Royal Tomato King will be crowned and will preside over two different competitions. First, there will be a Tomato Contest. You can enter tomatoes in four categories: 1. Biggest Tomato, 2. Smallest Tomato, 3. Most Outrageously Shaped Tomato, and 4. Miss Congeniality/Personality (for the best decorated tomato).
The second contest that day will be a Vegetable Sculpture Competition. You’ll need your creative juices for this one. Using fruits and vegetables that can be grown in Missouri, individuals should construct a sculpture of an object of their choice.
We will also have the Back Porch Band playing from 9-11AM. Kid’s Activities will take place from 9-11AM as well, and there will be cooking demonstration at 8:30, 9:30, 10:30, and 11:30! I think our cook is making stir-fried vegetables, but we’ll have the recipes to hand out after the demonstrations.
July 28th, 2010 at
August 1-7, 2010 has been designated as National Farmers’ Market Week and the Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA) is promoting a Find Your Market celebration for the entire week. NDA is encouraging Nebraskans to patronize their local market. The goal of this promotion is to encourage residents to buy local produce thus supporting local businesses and keeping money in the rural communities.
NDA and Lt. Governor Rick Sheehy will commemorate National Farmers’ Market Week at the Centennial Mall Garden Market, located on Centennial Mall between L and M streets in downtown Lincoln, beginning at 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 4th. Vendors will be selling locally grown produce, and several guest educators will be available to answer questions including: a Master Gardener, a registered dietitian and a representative from the Nebraska Sustainable Ag Society. There will also be live music, free ice cream, kids games, and free cookies. In addition, recipes, coasters, luggage tags, market listings, and business card magnets promoting the “Nebraska, Our Best to You” logo will be distributed to consumers patronizing the market.
An additional resource is also available this year to those interested in locating a local farmers’ market. By visiting http://www.ourbesttoyou.nebraska.gov, visitors will be able to view an interactive map of Nebraska, highlighting farmers’ markets across the state. Also highlighted (in orange), are farmers’ markets that are planning special activities for National Farmers’ Market Week in Nebraska.
Markets celebrating NFMW were provided with many resources including “Nebraska Our Best to You” promotional items such as tote bags, recipe books, t-shirt plastic bags, and magnets.
August 3rd, 2010 at
We are celebrating our 5th anniversary by throwing a party. We are hosting several local bands, a remote from local radio station, children’s activities, tastings, give aways, and of course offering the best and freshest fruits and vegetables around!!!
August 3rd, 2010 at
I forgot to mention our market is: Pottawatomie County Farmers Market in Shawnee, Oklahoma!!!
August 4th, 2010 at
In Camas, WA, we will host our 2nd Annual Veggie Derby! Families can bring homemade veggie mobiles from home or make them right at the market to race down our track. Prizes will be awarded for most creative car, most veggies used, fastest car & car that goes the farthest.
We have also invited our local WIC office to distribute Farmers Market Nutrition Program Vouchers this week. We are hoping to see lots of new and returning faces and have lots of fun!
August 4th, 2010 at
Cast-Iron Chef Gainesville – Peach Competition: Local area restaurant chef’s are challenged to make at least one dish, using as many of the fresh products available at the Downtown Market, with peaches as the highlighted ingredient. Judging will be based on use of Market products, plate presentation, and taste.
August 5th, 2010 at
Illinois Products Farmers Market
Grandstand Ave. Springfield, IL.
Commodity Pavilion across from the Grandstand
Kristi Jones, Market Manager
801 E. Sangamon Ave, Springfield, IL. 62702
217-785–4873
Kristi.jones@illinois.gov
The Illinois Stewardship Alliance and the Illinois Department of Agriculture are hosting a special tours and a Press Conference at the Illinois Department of Agriculture’s Illinois Products Farmers’ Market on the afternoon of Thursday, August 5th.
The Illinois Products Farmers Market is located in the Commodities Pavilion on the Illinois State Fairgrounds. The event will include a tour for local officials of the local Jubilee Farm, a diversified farm in Sangamon County and the Illinois Department of Agriculture’s community gardens located on the Fairgrounds Grandstand infield
A Press conference will be held at 4:30 pm at the Market when the Governor’s Proclamation will be presented.
August 6th, 2010 at
The Historic Lewes Farmers Market, located in the oldest city (Lewes) in the oldest state (Delaware), celebrated the beginning of National Farmers Market Week and the Market’s fifth birthday with a cake and a program that featured their farmer vendors talking about their farms and why farmers markets are essential to their success.
August 6th, 2010 at
On Saturday, 8/7, from 9am-2)pm, the Heart of the Hudson Valley Farmers Market is hosting a one of a kind “Healthy Living Style” Expo to celebrate National Farmers Market Week, where combining the benefits of healthy food, good eating habits, exercise, and culture (music and the arts) leads to a better state of mind and body. The event will include free; Yoga classes, Reiki healing sessions, consultations with a Health Coach, Personal trainer, Chiropractic care and health items consultants. We invite everyone to attend this event and visit the market every Sat., where we are creating a place to provide the fundamentals to build a better way of life with farm-fresh food, organic produce, a bounty of locally grown fruit, farm products, delicious nutritional cuisine and a variety of handmade items.
August 6th, 2010 at
A new market opened in Southeast Lancaster, PA, this week…thanks to the perseverence of Marisa Cidam and two collaborating organizations, SACA, http://www.sacapa.org, and Tabor Community Services, http://www.tabornet.org. Hooray for Lancaster!