This spotlight is the first blog in a new blog series we’re launching highlighting female farmers and their experiences. We interviewed Sonya Perrotti, who owns and manages the Coyote Family Farm with her husband in Penngrove, California. Could you tell us about your farm and products? Coyote Family Farm is an intensive market garden where […]
What is good food? How do we define what we want out of our food system, and how can you assess your farmers market, neighborhood, and city’s success at providing “good food”? The LA Food Policy Council has developed an innovative way of answering and presenting these questions. Their program is meant to inform, not […]
Celebrate the end of summer with an in-season meal made with ingredients from your local farmers market. With the exception of a jalapeno from my garden in WI and goat cheese from the Jackson Hole Farmers Market, the majority of the ingredients in the following recipes were locally sourced from the Midtown Sacramento farmers market […]
Project Summary: In the Fall of 2020, the Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture Planning (DPLA) Workshop, led by assistant professor Edna Ledesma, will partner with the Fondy Farmers Market to study the Fond Du Lac and North Area in Milwaukee, WI to explore the potential upgrading of the market into a new city place. […]
Farmers markets are critical infrastructure, keep reminding people of the essential service that you are. Marketplaces were the original center for food, crafts, entertainment, political voice, and social interaction. Today, there are around 11,000 open air marketplaces in the U.S. and according to the USDA, about 9,000 of these are farmers markets. Over the last […]
For Juan Gonzalez Torres, farming is a deeply personal endeavor. He started farming with his family in Puebla, Mexico where they grew produce and sold at market. In Madison, Wisconsin, Juan has been able to build on this experience at the Farley Center where he grows produce for market, grocery stores, and CSA members. When […]
In an effort to represent POC voices and stories of those in the farmers market community, we asked market managers, vendors, and farmers to share their unique farmers market journey with us. We hope to share the experience of POC in the food system to increase their visibility and voice. Our Farm 2 Facts member, […]
Fun Fact: In Dane County, Wisconsin, there’s at least 1 farmers market open every day of the week! As we celebrate National Farmers Market Week, #NFMW, we celebrate farmers, vendors, market managers, volunteers, visitors, and everyone else involved in the successes of farmers markets. Thank you farmers… For providing your community with fresh, local goods […]
Farmers market managers are talented individuals who play multiple roles and spin a variety of different plates just to keep their markets functioning. In honor of National Farmers Market Week, we wanted to give everyone a glimpse into the life of a market manager by interviewing one of Farm 2 Fact’s members, Kelly Smith of […]
Now that you’ve applied for a grant, you might be wondering what you can be doing until you hear back or how to better prepare for next year’s applications. After having collaborated in six successful USDA grant partnerships, we, the Farm 2 Fact’s team, know the hard work of the application, thrill of submission, and […]
