HUB farmers market launches to fill the gaps in Augusta

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Entry to meals is important for any neighborhood.

When the HUB planted roots downtown, they deliberate to fill gaps in well being care, training, psychological well being companies, and recent meals.

Now neighbors downtown don’t need to drive 10 to fifteen minutes for recent groceries. Augusta Domestically Grown is having its first Veggie Park Farmers Market on the HUB.

There are plenty of new additions, together with dwell music, meals vehicles, courses, and extra, to get the encompassing communities concerned and assist them prioritize wholesome meals for a worth you may’t beat.

Pay your cash, get your tokens, and now you’re even nearer to nice meals at an incredible worth.

“The great thing about it’s … as a result of that is grown more often than not, proper right here in your personal yard, the farmer could make the worth extraordinarily low,” mentioned Brandi Wallace, Wallace Farms.

From recent greens, pickled greens, pastries, and even meat, you’ll find all of it at Augusta Domestically Grown and help farmers throughout the area whereas feeding your loved ones.

And households on SNAP get double the profit.

“You swipe your card for $20, and we’re going to provide you $40 value of tokens to buy, so it’s extra bang to your buck,” she mentioned.

For individuals like Diane Williams who don’t drive and include members of the family, markets like this one are useful.

“I loved coming right here strolling round me and my good friend Mary. It’s simply terrific. I’ve been strolling round right here for an hour now and you already know it’s simply a lot stuff in right here,” she mentioned.

And it’s not only a place the place individuals can store. It’s a studying expertise for each households and farmers.

Wallace mentioned: “If you are available right here, you already know you’re getting recent produce. You possibly can converse to the farmer who grew it. You possibly can ask questions. You possibly can ask something from how they grew, what they use.”

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