American Farmland Trust celebrates farmers markets

'The most powerful tool we have to protect farmland – is our fork.' That’s the message of a summer-long campaign to promote family farmers and local farmers markets — the people and the places that bring us ripe, luscious strawberries, flavor-packed tomatoes, crisp greens and cucumbers and other fresh and healthy foods.

Now in its seventh year, the Farmers Market Celebration raises national awareness about the loss of America’s farmland and the impact of that loss on local, healthy food, drinking water and critical wildlife habitat. Because without local farms, there is no local food. And, it starts on your fork.

Since 1980, the American Farmland Trust has championed family farmers and helped permanently protect more than 5 million acres of farmland. America loses more than 40 acres of farmland every hour to development, the Farmers Market Celebration works to halt that trend.

The Farmers Market Celebration starts June 21, 2017 at Noon EST and will close on September 22, 2017 at midnight EST.

For more information:
markets.farmland.org