Let's Get Fresh: A Word from Our President and New Year Resolutions
By Connect-Bridgeport Staff on January 08, 2017 from Let’s Get Fresh
- Make our weekly summer market bigger and better than ever
- Provide better quality control and more consumer information
- Increase support for our vendors
- Grow the number of kids in our Power Of Produce program
- Offer more activities for families and kids
- Continue to offer music and chefs demos each week
- Continue to explore options for a permanent home for the BFM
- Host another Wild & Wonderful Table culinary event (you won’t want to miss what we’re planning!)
- Increase the number of SNAP customers at the BFM
- Recruit two new Board members
- Regularly attend the BFM, starting with this Sunday’s Winter Market (11 AM – 2 PM, Bridgeport Conference Center)
- Each week this summer, before you go to the grocery store, shop the BFM, each Sunday, 10 AM – 2 PM, at Charles Pointe. You’ll be surprised at how much it reduces the amount you purchase at the grocery store
- Challenge yourself to eat more healthy, locally-produced food.
- Learn a few new dishes to cook using fresh produce and make them a regular part of your family’s menu
- Support the local farmers and artisans at the market with your purchases. These are locally-owned businesses, and locally-owned businesses keep four times as much of their revenue in the community as chain businesses Give unique locally-produced gifts that you’ll never find in a big box store. It will be a more satisfying experience for everyone involved
- Regularly visit the BFM website (bridgeportfarmersmarket.com) and like our Facebook page (Bridgeport Farmers Market). Also follow us on Instagram (@bridgeportfarmersmarket) and Twitter (BridgeportFM)
- Tell your family, friends and co-workers about the market and encourage them to visit. Help us build the BFM community!
- Plan to have lunch at the market when you visit – the food is special, and the fellowship under the dining canopies is fun!