The COVID-19 pandemic left supermarkets reeling from undersupply and supply chain breakdowns, causing consumers to explore new markets and develop new food-purchasing habits.
Farmers markets are open for business, but they’ve had to adapt to a new reality created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
If necessity is the mother of invention, her name would be Lulu.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm to School program began 15 years ago to connect school systems with local food producers, and it has continued to grow.
The American Farmland Trust’s 11th annual Farmers Market Celebration will run through Sept. 23.