​MEDIA ADVISORY: Texas has a bushel of farmers markets

Kathleen Phillips, 979-845-2872, ka-phillips@tamu.edu

Contact: Kathleen Phillips, 979-845-2872, ka-phillips@tamu.edu

COLLEGE STATION –Texas AgriLife Extension Service helped folks all over the state learn how to grow vegetables for sale in local farmers markets. National Farmers Market Week is begins Aug. 5.

Customers snap up organic vegetables at the North San Juan Farmers Market (Texas AgriLife Extension Service photo by Rod Santa Ana)

There was a 9.6 percent increase nationally over last year’s count, according to U.S. Deputy Agriculture Secretary Kathleen Merrigan in a news conference Aug. 3.

There are 164 Texas Farmers Markets named in the USDA directory at http://search.ams.usda.gov/farmersmarkets/

Here are some contacts for localizing the status of farmers markets nationwide.

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