Farmers Market

Tamara Cameron says the Boise Farmers Market remains deeply connected to the farming community across SW Idaho. If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekmedia.com

The Idaho state Department of Agriculture's Dawn Larzelier says one of the many benefits of local farmers market, their ability to connect consumers with local farmers. If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekmedia... Read More ...

Colleen Donovan with the Washington state Farmers Market Association says if you're looking for something fun and family friendly this weekend, check out your local Farmers Market. If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekmedia... Read More ...

The USDA Farmers Market returns next month for its 25th market season. The annual Friday market will reopen on Friday, May 6th and run through October. Deputy Agriculture Secretary Jewel Bronaugh said the reopening “is an opportunity to celebrate the important role that farmers markets continue to play in meeting the growing demand for local fresh and healthy food.” Locat ...

The past two years have been very challenging for the farming community across the Pacific Northwest. In case last year’s pandemic and economic shutdown we’re not enough, farmers across the area had to deal with a variety of historic weather struggles this year, from extreme cold to start 2021, to record heat, drought and wildfire smoke just to name a few. But the O ...

Ongoing supply chain challenges that have plagued the U.S. economy can be traced back to stay-at-home orders put in place at the start of the pandemic. Dr. Roger Cryan, Chief Economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation, said consumers clogged supply lanes with purchases of goods rather than services ...

Colleen Donovan, Executive Director of the Washington state Farmers Market Association, talks about how markets help local economies. Visit the WSFMA's Website to find a Farmers Market near you. If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekmedia... Read More ...

Olympia Farmers Market manager Brett Warwick says if you don’t come down to their Capitol Way location, you'll truly miss out. If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekmedia.com ...

The USDA is wants to get your opinion when it comes to ways they can improve online purchasing at farmers markets for SNAP participants.  "Right now SNAP participants if they want to purchase at farmers markets they can either order online but not actually pay for it online." S ...

What is the key issue preventing SNAP participants from making online transactions from farmers markets? "For SNAP you know it's not like a credit card transaction where you can just enter the numbers online and then complete your transaction," noted Kumar Chandran, senior nutrition advisor at the USDA ...