{"id":30672,"date":"2025-01-16T09:14:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T09:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/agriculture\/improve-access-to-healthy-food-and-create-a-better-sense-of-place-with-a-well-managed-farmers-market\/"},"modified":"2025-01-16T09:14:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T09:14:58","slug":"improve-access-to-healthy-food-and-create-a-better-sense-of-place-with-a-well-managed-farmers-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=30672","title":{"rendered":"Improve Access to Healthy Food and Create a Better Sense of Place with a Well Managed Farmers Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-body-7721361888614742508\" itemprop=\"description articleBody\">\n<div class=\"prose\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<div style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/media.licdn.com\/mpr\/mpr\/AAEAAQAAAAAAAAr8AAAAJDhiMjFiMjA4LTUyNTUtNDk4Mi04NWY4LTRkNWRhZWRiNjhhNw.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" class=\"article-banner-image\" height=\"179\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\" src=\"https:\/\/media.licdn.com\/mpr\/mpr\/AAEAAQAAAAAAAAr8AAAAJDhiMjFiMjA4LTUyNTUtNDk4Mi04NWY4LTRkNWRhZWRiNjhhNw.jpg\" width=\"320\"\/><\/a>By Heather Manzo, Extension Educator, Allegheny County. If the proper assets are in<br \/>\nplace a farmers market can create activity in building local economies and<br \/>\nleveraging assets for mainstream redevelopment projects, enhancing<br \/>\nrelationships between business, increasing access to fresh food, and<br \/>\nmaking social services more visible to community members.<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"article-banner-image\" height=\"172\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\" src=\"https:\/\/media.licdn.com\/mpr\/mpr\/AAEAAQAAAAAAAAquAAAAJGZlOGEzZTIyLWIxMDUtNDM3MS1hNTQ1LWQxZGJjNmVmODY0NQ.jpg\" width=\"320\"\/> <\/div>\n<p>Farmers markets have<br \/>\nhistorically played a role in weaving together the social and economic<br \/>\nfabric of communities. Farmers markets today still play the role of<br \/>\ncreating a sense of place and community.<\/p>\n<p>Penn State Extension partnered with Sustainable Pittsburgh and the<br \/>\nLocal Government Academy to deliver this program to help Community \/<br \/>\nEconomic Development organizations, municipal leaders and staff, and<br \/>\nfarmers market managers decide how a well managed market can benefit any<br \/>\n community.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/localgovernmentacademy.org\/farmers-market-webinar\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The archived webinar can be found by following this link.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Heather Manzo, Extension Educator, Allegheny County. If the proper assets are in place a farmers market can create activity in building local economies and leveraging assets for mainstream redevelopment projects, enhancing relationships between business, increasing access to fresh food, and making social services more visible to community members. 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