Hot Springs Farmers Market The Summer 2006 edition of City In Progress from the Hot Springs city government says "It's prime produce time at the Historic Downtown Farmers' Market, operating 6 to 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings in the Transportation Plaza near Orange Street. Free parking is available adjacent to the market, and new vendors are welcome." The current Farmers Market Gazette, also published by the city, has this good news: "This year, the market has its first certified organic vendor, Michael Yeargan of Caney Creek Farms, north of Hot Springs Village. He, along with other vendors that grow without pesticides or other chemicals, answers customers' growing demand for pure, more exotic produce." Two green thumbs up to Caney Creek Farms for making organics available to a wider audience! For more information on the Hot Springs Farmers Market call Terry with the City at 321-6806. |
For The Environment When you buy foods grown or processed out of state they have to be trucked or flown here, sometimes thousands of miles. Consider for a moment all the emissions in the air between here and Washington so that our store could carry those apples. When we have a choice, let's pick fruits and vegetables grown in Arkansas! Some interesting reading is available here. |
Get Fresh! Farmers Appreciate It! Step One: Download and print this great list of farmers markets. Step Two: Keep the list in your car and visit them as often as possible. Step Three: Prepare to be amazed at how much better fresh food tastes than that frozen bagged stuff you'd been buying before - and at how much better you feel! Three very important reasons to buy locally grown produce: When you buy food grown in Arkansas you're getting the absolute freshest produce possible for your family table. That's right - not something that's been trucked in from California, or flown in from some country in South America, or thawed out from some shipping container freezer. When the food is truly fresh it has the maximum positive benefit for your health - less spoilage means more flavor and nutrients for that fantastic body of yours. When you buy food grown in Arkansas you're supporting the livlihood of an Arkansas farming family. The news is filled with stories of farmers going under, and there's no need for that. Let's get out there and show them our support. We eat rice. They grow it. It's simple. When you buy rice, don't buy California rice. Don't buy foreign rice. Buy Arkansas rice. When you support Arkansas farmers you're helping that farm pay taxes, which support local schools, police, firemen, and other services. By supporting Arkansas farmers you're also helping Arkansas add $1.4 BILLION in agricultural exports to the nation's records, helping Arkansas do its part to address to huge trade imbalance we have with the rest of the world. |
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Buy Arkansas-Grown Foods They're fresher, they support your neighbors, your neighborhood, and your country |
Get Fresh! Farmers Appreciate It! Step One: Download and print this great list of farmers markets. Step Two: Keep the list in your car and visit them as often as possible. Step Three: Prepare to be amazed at how much better fresh food tastes than that frozen bagged stuff you'd been buying before - and at how much better you feel! Three very important reasons to buy locally grown produce: When you buy food grown in Arkansas you're getting the absolute freshest produce possible for your family table. That's right - not something that's been trucked in from California, or flown in from some country in South America, or thawed out from some shipping container freezer. When the food is truly fresh it has the maximum positive benefit for your health - less spoilage means more flavor and nutrients for that fantastic body of yours. When you buy food grown in Arkansas you're supporting the livlihood of an Arkansas farming family. The news is filled with stories of farmers going under, and there's no need for that. Let's get out there and show them our support. We eat rice. They grow it. It's simple. When you buy rice, don't buy California rice. Don't buy foreign rice. Buy Arkansas rice. When you support Arkansas farmers you're helping that farm pay taxes, which support local schools, police, firemen, and other services. By supporting Arkansas farmers you're also helping Arkansas add $1.4 BILLION in agricultural exports to the nation's records, helping Arkansas do its part to address to huge trade imbalance we have with the rest of the world. |
Consumer-Level Support I wandered through several stores and found the same thing in each: with the exception of one obvious brand, Riceland, it was impossible to tell what items for sale in the store might have been made in Arkansas. We grow a huge amount of rice; there must be other brands too. And what about all our soy? What brands of soy milk use Arkansas-grown soy beans? What lines of clothing use all the cotton grown here? I wrote to Senator Pryor and Governor Huckabee asking if a list was available of end consumer products containing produce grown in Arkansas and recommending either a grown in Arkansas Certification Program or Made In Arkansas labeling system . I would love to be able to walk into Wild Oats, Kroger, or any other store and buy a brand knowing that not only was it vegan, it was also supporting anArkansas family farm. So far there has been no response from the senator or the governor, but we'll let you know how they respond if they do... |
For The Environment When you buy foods grown or processed out of state they have to be trucked or flown here, sometimes thousands of miles. Consider for a moment all the emissions in the air between here and Washington so that our store could carry those apples. When we have a choice, let's pick fruits and vegetables grown in Arkansas! Some interesting reading is available here. |
Hot Springs Farmers Market The Summer 2006 edition of City In Progress from the Hot Springs city government says "It's prime produce time at the Historic Downtown Farmers' Market, operating 6 to 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings in the Transportation Plaza near Orange Street. Free parking is available adjacent to the market, and new vendors are welcome." The current Farmers Market Gazette, also published by the city, has this good news: "This year, the market has its first certified organic vendor, Michael Yeargan of Caney Creek Farms, north of Hot Springs Village. He, along with other vendors that grow without pesticides or other chemicals, answers customers' growing demand for pure, more exotic produce." Two green thumbs up to Caney Creek Farms for making organics available to a wider audience! For more information on the Hot Springs Farmers Market call Terry with the City at 321-6806. |
