A few reasons to buy local food!

Food grown locally is fresher, more nutritious and tastes better.
  • Most produce travels an average of 1500 miles before it lands on your plate.
  • Local vegetables and fruit are bred for flavor, not for their ability to hold up in transit.
  • Buying local food is better for community. When you purchase local food you are keeping your money circulating in your community and also maintaining green space & rural character by sustaining family farms.
  • Small and mid-size farms generally use sustainable agricultural practices safeguarding the quality of our water and soil. Consider how much fuel it takes to truck produce and goods from another country to Arkansas as well as the pollution emitted in the process!
  • When you buy locally you're providing small farmers with a stable market and fair price for their products.
  • Buying from local food sources provides personal security in having access to food you trust and security for your community in helping it become more sustainable.

Buy Local!! 
Support your local farmers.


Upcoming Events

2012 Vendor letters, updates, rules/regulations are in the mail.  If you would like to be a vendor, please contact us.

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Vendors interested in participating in
WIC-FMNP :  Meeting on March 1st at the USDA conference room,  9:00-10:00 a.m.

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Paint the Town "Green"  - Suddenlink
(April) - more information soon