Showing love for local Farmer Markets
We have our own garden that I get plenty veggies throughout the season but nothing beats fresh fruits from the orchards, farm fresh eggs, meat and cheese that come from local area farms.
Not only am I keeping my family healthy and happy but I am supporting local farmers in my area. Summer is one of my favorite seasons because I can go within a 5 mile radius and hit 3 farmer markets, Lansdowne Farmer’s Market, Ardmore Farmer’s Market and Oakmont Farmer’s Market. All have different vendors and things to offer, and the bonus is all are open on different days of the week.
I found this great site called American Farmland Trust. This site encourages people to seek out local markets in your area. You can find the top 5 markets for each state and also VOTE for your favorite. As I was searching through this site I came across a very compelling video Saving the Land that Sustains Us .
Did you know that we don’t produce enough fresh fruits and vegetables for everyone to eat a balanced and nutritious diet? In fact, it is estimated that we need another 13 million acres of farmland growing fruits and vegetables in this country just for Americans to meet the minimum daily requirement of fruits and vegetables set by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Lansdowne Farmer’s Market
Wondering what you can do to help?
Vote for your favorite farmers markets.
Spread the No Farms No Food® message with a bumperstickers.
Help us rock the vote! Get friends and others in your community excited about supporting your local farmers market this summer. Use our outreach tools to tell your network to shop at their favorite farmers market and to support their market this summer by voting in the contest.
Donate today to help American Farmland Trust protect local farmland and push for sound legislation supporting local foods, farmers markets and farmland protection across the country.
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Know your Farmer know your Food
Trina O'Boyle is the proud mother of two healthy boys; Finnegan 3 years and Jackson 5 years. She makes sure she fills their daily diets with healthy, organic foods free of pesticides and preservatives. Eating this way would help support the natural progress of their still developing little bodies without polluting it with chemicals that could be harmful to their development. Trina feels that if we start our children on the right path of eating healthy then as they grow those healthy eating habits will stay with them for years to come.
