- Author: Consuelo Cid
- Contributor: Evelyn Morales
- Editor: Emily Harris
Pete needs your help!
August 7-13, 2016 is National Farmers Market Week!
Mark your calendar and help Pete spread the word!
Let's get the celebration started!
Secretary of Agriculture Thomas J. Vilsack has proclaimed the week of August 7-13, 2016 as National Farmers Market Week. Vilsack recognizes that farmers markets meet consumer demand for locally sourced, fresh, and healthy produce. Farmers Markets also help sustain and support family farms, serve as a conduit by which farmers and consumers can interact, and provide Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, CalFresh, recipients with further opportunities to utilize their benefits.
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Pete explores a new Farmers Market: The Vineyard Farmer's Market.
Can you spot Pete?
The Vineyard Farmer's Market is open every Wednesday from 3pm-6pm and Saturday from 7am-12pm.
The Vineyard Farmer's Market offers Market Match incentives, and is open year round! That's music to Pete's ears.
Looks like Pete found the Market Match booth. Pete knows how important stretching food dollars is; he wants you to keep a vigilant eye so that you can save too!
Pete loves his vegetables, even if they sometimes make him cry.
"Oh, hello there. I'm just hanging out with a few herbs!" Did you know that herbs and spices are a great way to give your foods flavor. Out with the salt and in with the flavor!
So much color! Pete loves that bell peppers come in many different colors. Do you have a favorite?
Root vegetables are fun to dig up. What root vegetables do you see?
Pete can't decide which one he likes best! Seedless? With seeds? "I'll take a slice of both please!"
Help Pete spread the word: National Farmers Market Week is just around the corner!
August 7-13, 2016 is National Farmers Market Week!
Visit the Ecology Center for a Farmers Market near you!
Pete would love to see your Farmers Market pictures!
Share them with us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram
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Use the hashtags #UCCE #UCANR to stay connected!
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