Celebrate National Farmers Market Week! Secretary Vilsack proclaimed Aug. 4-10 as National #FarmersMarketWeek to champion the direct-to-consumer producers, market managers, and customers that make their communities come alive during market days.
Whether your local farmers market is online, drive-thru, or in-person, make sure to support your local farmers during National #FarmersMarketWeek.
The Farmers Market Directory lists markets that feature two or more farm vendors selling agricultural products directly to customers at a common, recurrent physical location. Maintained by the Agricultural Marketing Service, the Directory is designed to provide customers with convenient access to information about farmers market listings to include: market locations, directions, operating times, product offerings, accepted forms of payment, and more.
USDA AMS’s new and improved Local Food Directories are up and running!
Visit our Local Food Directories page to find other operations offering locally grown products. An API is available for developers to integrate this data into other applications.
NATIONAL FARMERS MARKET WEEK
August 4–10, 2024
By the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States of America
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS farmers markets play a vital role in providing access to fresh, locally grown
produce and other agricultural products, supporting the health and well-being of our
communities; and
WHEREAS farmers markets offer a vibrant and inclusive space for education and
engagement, where individuals can learn about food production, nutrition, and community;
and
WHEREAS farmers markets provide consumers with affordable options in their
communities, and foster relationships between consumers and farmers, enhancing
transparency and trust in our food system; and
WHEREAS farmers markets contribute significantly to local economies by creating more,
new, and better market opportunities that allow farmers to sell their products directly to
consumers, thereby retaining a greater share of the food dollar within the community; and
WHEREAS farmers markets further USDA’s Food System Transformation framework to
build a fairer system that works better for both family farmers and the families they support;
and
WHEREAS National Farmers Market Week, held annually, recognizes the important role
farmers markets play in our food system and encourages Americans to support local
producers by purchasing their products at farmers markets.
NOW, THEREFORE, to further awareness of farmers markets’ essential contributions to
American life, I, Thomas J. Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture, do hereby proclaim the week
of August 4-10, 2024, as National Farmers Market Week. I call upon the American people to
celebrate farmers markets with appropriate observances and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 25th day of July, the
two -hundred and forty-eighth year of the Independence of the United States of America.
THOMAS J. VILSACK
Secretary
