A Message from the Mill City Farmers Market

Via a June 3 e-newsletter from the Mill City Farmers Market

We are grieving with the friends and family of George Floyd and our BIPOC (Black, Indigineous, People of Color) community members who have faced injustice for far too long. Our hearts are with our friends, neighbors and small business owners who have been impacted by the events of the last week, with the peaceful protesters who were injured in their efforts to be heard, and with our country as we work together for much needed justice, equity and peace.

We are heartened at all of the ways our community has come together to support urgent needs. We are proud to be a part of a robust network of organizations working together on food access, health, education and so much more.

At Mill City Farmers Market, we commit to helping grow a just, local and sustainable food system by sharing our resources and collaborating with others for the health and well being of our community. In the past week we worked with our networks to purchase produce from last week's cancelled market and donate it to food shelves. We met with leaders in the local food and food access community to formulate a plan to help provide storage, refrigeration and distribution plans for the outpouring of donations to the community as it heals.

We will be starting MCFM Charitable Fund's Greens for Good produce donation program this weekend. Since 2013, the market has been working with students and staff from Augsburg University, community members and program sponsors at Delta Dental of Minnesota to purchase produce from our farmers and distribute it to families and individuals living in affordable housing communities in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood.

The program normally operates July through October, but there is an overwhelming need for fresh produce at this time due to the closure of most nearby grocery stores.

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With your help, we would like to expand this produce donation program. 

Consider donating $20 for us to buy a market box full of seasonal produce like salad greens, herbs, radishes and cucumbers from our farmers to give to a household in need.

Donate Today

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Read more about our work to bring fresh, local produce to our neighbors and how you can support that work at millcityfarmersmarket.org/food-donation.

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Thank you,

Martha Archer

Executive Director

Mill City Farmers Market & MCFM Charitable Fund

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