By MCFM’s 2020 nutrition intern, Jessica Bruggen In the US approximately 72 billion pounds of food is wasted every year, not including food wasted in the home. A majority of that food waste ends up in landfills with only 6.3% of it being composted. Food rotting in landfills produces methane, which is 84 times more… Read More →
THANK YOU to all those who attended the 2023 Harvest Social Fundraiser Dinner! Mill City Farmers Market’s Harvest Social is our annual benefit gathering leaders, innovators, influencers and supporters of local food. Gathered at long farm tables in the historic Mill City Museum Courtyard, we will meet new friends and connect with neighbors, supporters, and…
Anyone who has slept in on a Saturday morning and gotten to the Market late has probably noticed that our farmers don’t usually sell out of everything on their tables. What happens to bunches of beets and pints of potatoes that haven’t sold after a 5-hour Market day? For the past seven years, the Mill… Read More →
Gleaning at the Mill City Farmers Market Originally published in The Journal. “What exactly is gleaning?” is a question with which Nell Gehrke, of the Mill City Farmers Market’s Greens for Good program, starts many of her Saturdays. Her volunteers often guess that it means green cleaning or glamorous cleaning, a la “glamping,” but contrary… Read More →
MCFM turns 12 this season! This week we’re celebrating the past dozen years of “healthy foods, local farmers” with 12 facts about the market’s vendors, programming and shoppers, leading up to opening day this Saturday, May 6! 1 Our vendors farm 1,255 acres of sustainable land in Minnesota and Wisconsin. 2 Our vendors plant 0 GMOs.… Read More →
June 1, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Minnesota Is The First State To Fund SNAP Incentives At Farmers Markets Minnesota offers $10 match program for low-income families and individuals to shop at farmers markets. Minneapolis, Minn.—The Mill City Farmers Market is open for the season, and it looks a lot different for customers using Supplemental Nutrition… Read More →
