Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Get to Know Your Farmer and Build A Sustainable Community

      Developing mutual trust and friendship with your local farmer is one step in the process of building a truly sustainable community. In a time of increasingly industrialized food production and resulting environmental problems, it's good to know your farmer and where your food is coming from. Joining a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program can help you eat better while supporting family farms. Participating in a CSA offers numerous benefits. Produce tastes better because it is straight off the farm and only hours old. Organically grown fruits and vegetables are free of pesticides and herbicides. Additonally, supporting a local farming business keeps more money within our economy.
       Another way in which you can support the local economy and family farms is to shop at a local, producers only farmers market such as the East Nashville Farmers market! A local market such as the East Nashville Market provides a venue for purchasing cheese, milk, bread, meat, vegetables, soap, baked goods, flowers and even some original artisan crafts. You can even get a free massage from a certified therapist trained at the Natural Health Institute! Tell me what grocery store with tomatoes shipped from Mexico can provide you with all that and a massage!
  Don't forget to mark your calendar for the grand opening on May 11th! Your local farmers and artisans will be there every Wednesday rain or shine from 3:30-6:30. Come out and shop in your community, support your local economy.

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