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Cultivating Community

“When vendors come to markets, they always have the benefit of building a customer base and community week to week. Farmers’ markets can be just a step along their way to larger operations, but even that is seen as success to us.”
—ANGELINA HARRISON, MARKET Umbrella Executive Director

eeming with the freshest locally grown goods you can get your hands on, farmers’ markets all the way from New Orleans to Shreveport allow you to meet the hardworking growers of your favorite fruits and vegetables, learn more about what you’re buying and its journey from farm to you, and, of course, snag a sack

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