Kicking off Farmers Market Week in Truro, MA
Governor Charlie Baker, in recognition of the important role farmers markets play in expanding access to fresh, healthy food in Massachusetts, has declared August 1, 2021 to August 7, 2021 as Massachusetts Farmers Market Week.
Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources Commissioner John Lebeaux joins State Representative Sarah Peake, Director of Cape Cod Extension Mike Maquire, State Senator Julian Cyr, Founding Director of Sustainable Cape Cod Francie Randolph, Northeast Regional Administrator for the USDA Food & Nutrition Service Lizbeth Silbermann, and Deputy Regional Administrator for the USDA Food & Nutrition Service Christine Ruggieri and Mass Farmers Market Executive Director Edith Murnane to celebrate Massachusetts Farmers Market Week in Truro. (Mass.gov)
In celebration of Governor Baker’s declaration, Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR) Commissioner John Lebeaux, United States Department of Agriculture-Food and Nutrition Service (USDA-FNS) Northeast Regional Administrator Lizbeth Silbermann, and local officials on Monday toured farmers markets in the Town of Truro and the City of New Bedford.
Massachusetts Farmers Market Week serves as an opportunity to recognize the contributions that farmers markets make to create economic opportunity for Massachusetts farmers and food producers, and for the communities where the markets are located, as well as opportunities for residents to directly receive farm to table products.
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