Sometimes a simple phrase can breath back fire into dying embers. Stressed and needing a break before our event at Sheep in the City, I found a show to watch called "Chef's Table." While watching an episode about farm to table, a simple sentence spoken by Dan Barber would wake up my "little gray cells" as Agatha Christie's Poirot would say. "Do some good everyday," something so simplistic, yet so meaningful.
Small business is one that is intertwined with the community, yet, can have resonating effects on economies, jobs, and the environment. Farmers markets are a great way to see this mini economy at play. Yet we our on the verge of losing so many of these great local options. When was the last time you took some time for yourself or your family to slow down and enjoy one of these markets. If you've never been, it can be a bit daunting at first, but they are a great way to directly impact the local economy, by keeping jobs as well as sales tax local. We as a community need to be reminded sometimes that once farmland is gone, we are not getting it back. And in an age when so may jobs are being lost to automation or overseas, losing these small farms does have an impact on our local communities.
My goal for the 2017 market season, is to help people fall in love again with farmers markets. For us markets have been a great way to find local ingredients for our soap making process. We have been so lucky to have found other vendors that have the same level of passion as us over the years. At the Greenfield Farmer's Market this season, if you're feeling apprehensive about farmers markets, or want to see why I'm so passionate about them, feel free to come up to our booth and I will personally show you around. I'll introduce you to other vendors that we get some of our ingredients from, and you can see first hand what makes farmer's markets a great place.
Small business is one that is intertwined with the community, yet, can have resonating effects on economies, jobs, and the environment. Farmers markets are a great way to see this mini economy at play. Yet we our on the verge of losing so many of these great local options. When was the last time you took some time for yourself or your family to slow down and enjoy one of these markets. If you've never been, it can be a bit daunting at first, but they are a great way to directly impact the local economy, by keeping jobs as well as sales tax local. We as a community need to be reminded sometimes that once farmland is gone, we are not getting it back. And in an age when so may jobs are being lost to automation or overseas, losing these small farms does have an impact on our local communities.
My goal for the 2017 market season, is to help people fall in love again with farmers markets. For us markets have been a great way to find local ingredients for our soap making process. We have been so lucky to have found other vendors that have the same level of passion as us over the years. At the Greenfield Farmer's Market this season, if you're feeling apprehensive about farmers markets, or want to see why I'm so passionate about them, feel free to come up to our booth and I will personally show you around. I'll introduce you to other vendors that we get some of our ingredients from, and you can see first hand what makes farmer's markets a great place.