Farmers' Market Advocated to Step-up
Produce Sales and Local Business
By FLORENCE EBY
A Farmers' Market in Palmer is being strongly urged- It's not
a new idea. It has been discussed at the Homemakers' Council in
years past and given favorable comment. All it lacked at that time
was organization and someone to go ahead with the project. We be
lieve now is the time to see the Farmers' Market idea materialize.
It is singularly apparent that
during the growing season in this
abundant valley that fresh vege
tables, home dairy products, and
other commodities direct from the
individual farms are not avail
able to buyers. We advertise this
spot as “Alaska’s Valley of
Plenty”, and yet people looking
for this “plenty”, with money in
their hands, cannot find it.
We have known people from
Anchorage who have driven to
the Valley on a weekend looking
for fresh vegetables, and who
have gone back empty-handed.
Big Consumers' Market
We have a strong feeling that
there is a big consumers’ market
hungry for the fresh garden pro
duce from our Valley. We believe
people will drive miles to stock
their cupboards with produce
right out of this fertile soil—pro
duce which has not lost much of
its nutritive value in transit from
the States.
We have so much which people
want. Just to mention a few:
Vegetables — lettuce, carrots,
onions, radishes, potatoes, celery,
tomatoes, cucumbers, turnips, cab
bage, beets, cauliflower, peas,
spinach, rhubarb, brussel sprouts,
and rutabagas.
Fruits — raspberries, strawber
ries, cranberries.
Dairy products — butter and
cheese.
Poultry — chickens and eggs.
Bread and Pastries from our
valley kitchens whicii are unsur
passed in taste and quality.
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T. J. MALONEY, Agent
Office: Westward Hotel
Anchorage, Alaska
Many of the booths at the i? ar
mers’ Market could be run by the
wives and mothers of farmers as
the men might not have time for
such a project, and the proceeds
would be a welcome addition to
the family income.
In South Carolina alone there
are more than 30 small retail
markets flourishing. Nineteen out
of the 30 have their own «build
ings. Memberships in these mar
kets range from 10 to 60. Most of
the markets are open once or
twice a week. The total sales !
from these 30 markets in 1947
was $262,511. One woman, who
specialized in flowers alone, took
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