Farmers Sought for Summer Produce Markets
HANCOCK – Local farmers and gardeners are invited to a planning meeting to discuss establishing or expanding farmers markets in Houghton, Hancock and other Copper Country locations.
The public forum is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Tuesday, May 18 at Hancock City Hall. At the meeting, representatives of the cities of Hancock and Houghton, Tori Market, and Western U.P. Health Department will answer questions and solicit feedback from growers about their interest in participating as vendors at Hancock’s Tori Market, a proposed market in Houghton, or at other sites in Houghton, Keweenaw and Baraga Counties.
The health department is organizing the meeting as part of its new Healthy Communities initiative to increase access to healthy foods and physical activity. Through grants from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Michigan Department of Community Health, the health department and community partners seek to help develop farmers markets, community gardens, safe walking and cycling routes, and other facilities and programs that promote health and wellness.
The farmers market planning meeting is free and open to anyone with an interest in selling local produce. For more information, call Ray Sharp or Pete Baril at the health department at 482-7382.