I am one of the two new Farmers’ Market interns. I am very excited to start my first market since Halloween. The market will start up again soon, in less than two weeks, on Tuesday June 5, 2007. I will be there alongside with Bob (Market Manager), Marianna (Market Intern), and many other youth from the Summer Youth Program on every Tuesday and Thursday from 3pm-7pm. On Thursdays we have the Urban Education and Outreach interns accompany us at the Farmers’ Market. They will be selling fruits. On other days the Kitchen interns will accompany us and give cooking demonstrations to customers or any passing person. The Market is located in Roxbury at the Dudley Town Common, which is very close to where I live and convenient to get to. At the Farmers’ Market we sell produce all grown by The Food Project. We do not use any pesticides or herbicides. The produce comes from our 2.5 acres of land in Roxbury or our 31-acre farm in Lincoln. Produce costs about the same as food from local grocery stores. At the Farmer’s Market we accept Food Stamps, WIC coupons, EBT, debit cards, as well as cash.

What I am looking forward to is meeting all the new youth who are going to be working in the Summer Youth Program. I liked my experience working at the Farmers’ Market during my Summer Youth Program and I know I will enjoy working full time at the markets. I am very anxious to meet all the customers, so hopefully you will be a customer at the Farmer’s Market. I hope to see you soon. Thanks for reading.

For more information see our Farmers’ Markets page.