Thursday, July 06, 2006

Farm Fresh Produce in Camden and surrounding areas.

In the spirit of the Farm Aid announcement...here are some places where you can support the local farmers and get locally grown fresh produce.

The Camden Farmer's Market will be starting the season with special events tomorrow, July 7th from 11am-6pm.
This is the first year at its new location between the PATCO and RiverLine stations at Broadway. This is especially exciting since it is in Camden and convenient to mass transit.

If you are closer to Gloucester County on the Jersey side of the Delaware, you may want to check out the "Seeds to Success" youth farm stands. This is a great program that benefits local youth, local farmers and the local community. Farm stands are open Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays in Glassboro, Paulsboro and Woodbury. For more details regarding locations and times click here.

On the Philly side of the river, there is always the Reading Terminal Market for farm fresh goods.

Here are some links for finding more Community Supported Agriculture and Farmer's Markets in your area:

Local Harvest : Find Farmer's Markets, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA's) as well as grocery stores and resteraunts that purchase and serve local foods.

The Agricultural Marketing Service of the USDA provides information about Farmer's Markets as well as a Farmer's Market locater.

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