The Germantown Farmers Market is open on Saturdays from noon to 4 p.m. through October.
The Germantown Farmers Market will return to Germantown Avenue s Market Square on Saturdays through October.
The May 8 market will be the first since the pandemic began.
The Food Trust operated the neighborhood s farmers market in the past. Now, it s organized by Germantown United Community Development Corp., CSA farm Philly Forests and urban design planning firm Sally Blagg.
The founder of Philly Forests, Jasmine Thompson, offered to take over the market from The Food Trust, allowing Germantown residents to make the market an independent operation, according to Germantown Info Hub.
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Matt Rice
The Cape Codder
BREWSTER Walking in honor of his late brother, Brewster resident Steve Leibowitz will be looking for plenty of pep-in-his-step as he participates in the 53rd annual Project Bread Walk for Hunger on May 2, with the lofty of goal of 20 miles at this year s fundraiser.
Along with younger brother Peter, the duo will participate as Howard s Heroes, in honor of their late brother, Howard, a staunch advocate for increased food access for people and families in need. As an employee of the City of Boston, under Mayor Flynn, and later Mayor Menino, he really pushed for, not just improved access, but he also was a big proponent for healthy food options as well, said Steve Leibowitz, citing his brother s push for reimbursement programs at local farmers market s through the first food policy committee, which created the Bounty Bucks program, as well as initiation of larger programs such as the Mass. Food Trust and Boston Public Market.
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Whereas, the 2008 Farm Bill defined a food desert as an “area in the United States with limited access to affordable and nutritious food, particularly areas composed of predominantly lower income neighborhoods and communities; and
Whereas, the USDA list some of the defining characteristics for many of these areas as a high proportion of households that live below the poverty threshold, transportation hurdles, and an inadequate or nonexistent number of food service retailers that provide healthy and affordable food options; and
Whereas, more than 23 million people, both urban and rural, live in low-income areas that are a distance of more than one mile from a full service grocery store or supermarket, which provides 90 percent of healthy and affordable food options nationwide; and