About America's Favorite Farmers Markets™

Shopping at farmers markets is one of the best ways to support farms, farmers and local economies. When you buy delicious and fresh fruit, vegetables and more from your local farmers market, you are making healthy and community friendly choices.

American Farmland Trust (AFT) is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to saving America's farm and ranch land and keeping it productive and healthy. Together with farmers and ranchers, political leaders and community activists, we have helped to permanently protect more than a million acres of America's best farm and ranch land. AFT supports local farmers markets, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farms and food cooperatives because they are resources that our local communities cannot afford to lose.

American Farmland Trust held the first ever America’s Favorite Farmers Markets™ contest to raise national awareness about the importance of supporting fresh food from local farms and farmers. Winning markets received 500 No Farms No Food totebags to distribute to the customers that made it all possible.

Want to see who came out on top in each of the three categories? Check out Top 20 farmers market contestants.

What you can do:

Make sure that your local market signs up to hear about next year's contest and other future promotional events.  Farmers Markets can register to learn more about the contest by visiting www.farmland.org/marketmanager.

Get friends and others in your community excited about supporting your local farmers market this summer. Tell your network to shop at their favorite farmers market and to share the word via email, Facebook, Twitter on your blog or through whatever social networking site you use most.

Print-out or email this FREE flyer to give to people that need to know about the America's Favorite Farmers Market™ contest!

Donate today to help American Farmland Trust protect local farmland and push for sound legislation supporting local foods, farmers’ markets and farmland protection across the country.