Farmers' Market

Release date: October 19, 2007 |

In keeping with the ongoing emphasis on raising awareness about environmental sustainability—including how food choices affect the global ecosystem — Goucher College will host another farmers’ market on Friday, October 19. 

The event will be held 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the courtyard of the Alumnae/i House and is open to Goucher students, faculty, and staff, as well as members of the greater community.
 
Vendors will include:

• Black Cherry, Inc., Fairfax, VA, organic marmalades and jams
• Firefly Farms, Bittinger, MD, artisan cheeses
• Licking Creek Bend Farm, Needmore, PA, certified-organic produce
• Life Delicious, throughout Maryland, baked goods
• Michele’s Granola, Takoma Park, MD,  all-natural granola
• One Straw Farm, White Hall, MD, certified-organic produce
• Roseda Beef Farm, Monkton, MD, natural Angus beef
• Springfield Farms, Sparks, MD, free-range eggs, poultry and meats
• Talmar Gardens and Horticultural Center, Baltimore, MD, organic flowers
• Zeke’s Coffee, Lauraville, MD, locally roasted coffee

Food in the United States travels an average of 1,500 miles to get to the plate. All this shipping uses large amounts of natural resources (especially fossil fuels), contributes greatly to pollution, and creates excess trash with extra packaging. Conventional agriculture also uses many more resources than sustainable agriculture and pollutes water, land, and air with toxic agricultural byproducts.

Besides reducing greenhouse gas emissions, buying from local growers helps support sustainable farming practices that replenish the land, and it can prevent foods that contain pesticides, hormones, and antibiotics from reaching consumers’ plates.