Extension Office Friday: New Farmer's Market Coming to Page County
May 20, 2022
Our conversation today for Extension Office Friday featured Molly Beardslee & Elizabeth Mullins from Virginia Cooperative Extension about a new partnership bringing a farmer's market to Page County.
Molly serves as the FCS SNAP-Ed Agent in Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier, Frederick, Madison, Orange, Page, Rappahannock, Shenandoah and Warren counties. Elizabeth is an agriculture and natural resources extension agent serving Page County.
The pair gave details about the Page County Farmer's Market that will open on June 1, 2020 on the Page Memorial Hospital campus. It will be open on Wednesdays from 1pm - 5pm June through October.
The Extension Office is currently seeking vendors and Elizabeth explained a few she hopes will apply. All home grown and homemade small batch products and producers are welcome. No craft vendors will be accepted at this time. There is no fee to become a vendor.
For more information or an application please contact Elizabeth Mullins at the VCE Page Office at 540-778-5794 or elizam3@vt.edu
The Family Nutrition Program’s role in this mission is to teach limited-resource families and youth to make healthy food choices and become better managers of available food resources for optimal health and growth. Funded by the USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed) and Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP), their programs focus on basic nutrition, physical activity, safe food handling, and thrifty food shopping.
For more information about the farmer's market, follow them on Facebook and on Instagram.