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It’s National Farmers Market Week, just in time for everyone to enjoy the bounty of summer’s last fruits and vegetables. To kick off the week-long celebration, the USDA unveiled the growth of farmers market listed in the National Farmers Market Directory, which now shows that there are now 7,175 farmers markets across the country. With 17 Continue reading In Praise of Farmers Markets When we say, “America has been losing more than an acre per minute of farmland,” what does that mean for you? Let’s imagine that everyone in the U.S. was equally responsible for saving the land that sustains us. According to the last Census of Agriculture, there are about 922 million acres of land in farms. If Continue reading Pick Up the Mantle for Farms, Farmland and Farmers Markets |
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