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An autumn farmers' market in Farmington, Michigan A farmers' market at twilight in Layyah, Pakistan Blueberries in late July 2023 at the Jean Talon Market in Montreal. A farmers' market (or farmers market according to the AP stylebook, [1] [2] also farmer's market in the Cambridge Dictionary [3] [4]) is a physical retail marketplace intended to sell foods directly by farmers to consumers.
By 1946 the Farmers' Market was already in need of more space. Tom Linder, Commissioner of Agriculture, told The Atlanta Constitution "We need $5,000,000 to build more buildings and provide more space where the big trucks can park to display their goods." Fruit and vegetables came from as far as Mexico and Canada in the off-season to be sold at ...
The Eugene Saturday Market is an outdoor craft market in Eugene, Oregon. It is the oldest weekly open-air crafts market in the United States . It has a festival atmosphere that includes live performers as well as art and crafts displays and sales, and also food booths and other local vendors.
A Landcare survey conducted in 1992/93 revealed that field days in Australia have a high value among local farmers. [9] New Zealand's National Agricultural Fieldays is held annually in June at Mystery Creek , near Hamilton, New Zealand , and attracts 1,000 exhibitors and over 115,000 visitors through its gates. [ 10 ]
Fort Worth Public Market is a historic farmers' market and retail building located in Fort Worth, Texas. The building was designed by B. Gaylord Noftsger, a native of Oklahoma City . Developer John J. Harden, also from Oklahoma, spent $150,000 on the building, which opened to the public on June 20, 1930.
The market was created in 1907 when city councilman Thomas P. Revelle took advantage of the precedent of an 1896 Seattle city ordinance that allowed the city to designate tracts of land as public markets [12] and designated a portion of the area of Western Avenue above the Elliott Bay tideflats off Pike Street and First Avenue. [13]
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Portland Farmers Market is a nonprofit organization operating five farmers markets in Portland, Oregon, United States. The markets provide a direct connection to more than 200 vendors with deep roots in Oregon and Southwest Washington, including farms, nurseries, bakeries, meat and seafood providers, cheese makers and specialty food producers ...