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The Top 100 Most Celebrated Farmers Markets list for 2013 is out, and there are some Georgia Farmers Markets on it.
The Top 100 Most Celebrated Farmers Markets list for 2013 is out, and there are some Georgia Farmers Markets on it.
As of Friday afternoon, the Snellville Farmers Market ranks No. 1. Waleska Farmers Market at Reinhardt is 14. The Monroe Farmers Market is 29. The Canton Farmers Market is 65. The Grayson Farmers Market is 92. Finally, Clarkesville Farmers Market is 98.
The list is part of American Farmland Trust's I Love My Farmers Market Celebration, which encourages consumers to pledge to spend $10 at their local farmers market. The pledges then go toward the market's ranking. The contest ends Sept. 9. To pledge to your local farmers market, click here.
While there are currently no Cobb farmers markets on the top 100 list, the county has its share of markets. What is your favorite Cobb County farmers market? What do you look for when you go to your farmers market?
The Kennesaw Farmers Market, 2753 Watts Drive (Adams Park Soccer Field Parking Lot), operates every Tuesday through the end of October from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., rain or shine.
The Marietta Square Farmers Market takes place along North Park Square on Marietta Square every Saturday and Sunday through Dec. 21. Saturdays: 9 a.m. to noon. Sundays: noon to 3 p.m.
The Smyrna Fresh Produce Market takes place Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon through September at the Smyrna First Baptist parking lot, 1275 Church Street, Smyrna.
The Powder Springs Farmers’ Market, 4488 Pineview Drive in Powder Springs, is open Thursdays, 4 to 8 p.m. through September.
The Acworth Farmers Market takes place Fridays from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the upper parking lot on Main Street in Downtown Acworth, 4846 S Main St, Acworth.
The Mableton Farmers Market is held in the parking lot of the Mable House Arts Complex, 5239 Floyd Road, every Thursday through Sept. 5, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Pledges in the American Farmland Trust's I Love My Farmers Market Celebration also help the community. For every $10 spent on local food, as much as $7.80 is re-spent in the local community, supporting local jobs and businesses. Also, the farmer takes home almost $8 to $9 instead of the $1.58 that farmers and ranchers receive when food is purchased through a retail market.
Visit www.lovemyfarmersmarket.org to sign the online pledge form. Each week one participant and their favorite farmer will be selected to receive a free No Farms No Food hat.
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