It is a warm, sunny Saturday morning and you're wondering what to do with your day. Some of your family members invite you to join them on their journey of garage sale-skipping when they mention stopping by the Farm and Art Market.
Local farmer's markets are a way that agriculture directly touches a community, even more so than in the obvious ways. Agriculture touches every community, but the process may be long and drawn out. Sometimes the process is so far removed that people don't know where their food came from; this happens more often than people think. But a farmer's market is one source of local growers providing goods and produce for the community.
Not only is this supporting local economies, but it is giving children and others a good visual to follow as to how the whole food-growing system works. It is an essential piece in the education of today's population in the industry that is agriculture.
So the next time you want to sleep in, give it a second thought and throw the sheets off. You never know what you will find at the farmer's market. One thing is for sure: you are supporting local producers.
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