The coronavirus pandemic has shown how quickly our food supply chain can be interrupted. While farmers markets are often viewed as a privilege for the well-off, this pandemic has cemented markets as essential businesses that have an important role to play in increasing access to local, healthy food for everyone. Yet, not enough support, funding, and resources are currently directed to organizations and individuals that run markets.
Seen but not heard: Farmers markets on the frontline of the coronavirus crisis
- Added: August 21, 2020
Authored By: Ben Feldman, Executive Director of Farmers Market Coalition and John Piotti, President of American Farmland Trust
Resource Type:
- Audiences: Farm Direct Site Operator, General, Local/State/Tribal/Federal Government
- Topics: Federal/State or Local Policy Education & Advocacy
- Channels: Direct to Consumer
