market featuring foods sold directly by farmers to consumers
My theory is, the publish-or-perish world of academe makes social-justice scholars hunt for new things to denounce, and all that's left now are nice things like farmers' markets.
While we’re on the subject feds and food deserts-—-the City of High Point has been named a beneficiary of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Local Foods, Local Places program. The funds will help the city establish a…
Food stamps will now be accepted at Hawyood’s Historic Farmer’s Market. The program officially began on June 6, when customers could use WiseBucks, which allows the first 40 SNAP users…
As Andrea Weigl of the Raleigh News & Observer writes: Here are the details: Between 2007 and 2012, the number of farmers selling directly to consumers increased 5.5 percent, while…
View in your browser. Sales tax is something citizens are faced with every day, and the list of items that are exempt from the tax has changed. The sales tax…
The N&R reports Browns Summit farmer Mike Faucette is suing the Greensboro Farmers Curb Market over his suspension from the market. At issue is whether or Faucette’s produce is ‘locally…
Tired of those silly locavores and other food snobs? Suggest that they read TIME‘s latest cover story from TV doctor Mehmet Oz: Somewhere out there–maybe just a five-minute drive from…
Back in May, the USDA expanded the acceptance of Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards at farmers’ markets. This expansion requires an additional $4million for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)…
In North Carolina, milk is regulated to the point that local dairy farmers are not interested in selling it locally. They must test it and have it licensed by state…
I read with interest John Hammer’s latest Rhino installment on the confusion surrounding the Greensboro Parks and Recreation department’s RFP to run the Farmers’ Market. After sorting it all out,…
Should the Watauga County Commissioners allow the local farmers’ market to operate in the parking lot of the county’s social services building? On the surface, one might see hints of…
Wait, don’t tell me. And an aquarium too. The Uptown crowd — motto, Bringing You Bad Ideas Since Cityfair — actually thinks an Uptown farmers market is a good idea.…