Bexley Farmers' Market: July 5

By the Numbers: The State of Today’s Independent Farmer

"When most people hear the word “independent” used to describe farmers, a host of overlapping imagery comes to mind: relatively small in size, locally-oriented, and organic. Officially, though, the USDA equates the term with “family-owned,” as opposed to “corporate-owned.” But in fact, 97 percent of American farms are technically family-owned, and most of those certainly do not check the boxes of small, local, and organic. So what other numbers show this landscape’s truth? Let’s have a look."

Here are a few that highlight the importance of strong farmers' markets and support of your local producers:

41 percent of small farmers turn a profit each year. They may make six figures in revenue, but the majority fail to break even. For this reason, 64 percent of small farmers also work another job.

91 percent of female farmers bring in less than $50,000 in annual sales.

85 percent of farmer’s market vendors farm within 50 miles of the market where they sell their goods. For comparison, farmers that supply supermarkets reside an average of 1500 miles away from the stores that stocks their products. On average, American farmers receive only 17.4 cents of every dollar that store shoppers spend on food; but at farmers markets, growers reap more than 90 percent of food dollars.

Click here to read the entire article on Modern Farmer.

Our producers for market on Thursday, July 5 include:

9N
Bluegreen Gardens
Brown Bros. Farm
Chuck Evans' MONTEZUMA Brand Salsa & Sauces
Crazy Cucumber
Dan the Baker
Fired Up Pizza
Grassroots Graziers
Harriet Gardens
Hirsch Fruit Farm
Kennedy Farms
Kingdom Fish
Ohio City Pasta
Omega Bun
Rhoads Farm
SaraBee Pure Honey
Seven Continents Cookies
Solo Merengues
Sweet Thing Gourmet
Two Roasting Joes

Our Musical Entertainment: Jackie LaMuth

Join us every Thursday through October from 4:00-7:00 PM, rain or shine!

Support your market! New in 2018, we have partnered with the Bexley Community Foundation to receive contributions to the Bexley Farmers' Market. Every dollar to the Bexley Community Foundation is reinvested in Bexley organizations, ideas and projects – allowing our community to dream big for Bexley. Please consider giving to your market today!

Bexley Farmers’ Market
Intersection of Dawson and Main
Bexley, Ohio 43209

For more information, or questions related to any of our services, please contact us via email at info@bexleyfarmersmarket.ORG. (Please note the change to our email address.)