The Richland Farmers Market is finding more ways to make fresh food accessible, especially for low-income residents. From the Kalamazoo Gazette:
The market will be collecting food for Kalamazoo Loaves and Fishes, introducing an Electronic Benefits Machine and will soon feature an online service that allows farmers to tell shoppers what produce they would be featuring at upcoming markets.Read the full article:
“We really want to be a place that everyone wants to come to and has the option to purchase fresh food,” said Brook Wilke, co- manager of the market. These changes “will go a long way in helping support our mission at the farmers market.”
Wilke said the idea to have a box where farmers can put their
overflow, or customers can generously contribute, came from one of the market’s proponents, Rev. Ericka Parkinson-Kilbourne of First Presbyterian Church.
“It wouldn’t be possible without all of her work,” Wilke said.
Wilke said anyone could place any kind of food in the box, which would be delivered to Loaves and Fishes to help feed people in and around Kalamazoo. Currently, they collect around 10 pounds of food at every market.
LocalOrbit.com is a website that allows farmers to post each week the types of produce that will be available. Customers can visit the website and either order for delivery, or order and pick up at the farmers market.
http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2010/06/richland_farmers_market_now_ac.html
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