Source: NCDA&CS, 8/3/21


While celebrating National Farmers Market Week this week, the first week of August, we sat down for a few moments with Kevin Hardison, agricultural marketing specialist with the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, to discuss the great diversity of farmers markets available in North Carolina and where to find them, which led to an interesting question, “What makes farmers markets successful?”

Question: Kevin, farmers markets of various
sizes and types are all over North Carolina. Some have been around for a while,
yet others seem to pop up all the time in new areas. With so many potential
options, where can we go to find farmers markets in North Carolina?

Kevin:
“NCFarmFresh.com
is a great resource that provides a list of markets across the state. The
website is updated frequently to include markets that pop us across different
communities. If you don’t see your local market listed, contact me at kevin.hardison@ncagr.gov to add it
to the directory. You can also reach out to your local agriculture extension
agent. You can find extension agents on the NC State University website.

The United States Department of Agriculture also has a national
farmers market directory.”

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