Farmers markets boost growers' profits, says the acting secretary of the PA Department of Agriculture, reports the Daily Courier.
"The message is simply about the importance of agriculture to the economy," Russell Redding said in an interview before a luncheon with the group. "It's a business without walls. The same practices that apply to Main Street apply to agriculture."
As an example, Redding acknowledged the Fay-Penn Economic Development Council's work to promote agriculture through its efforts to start farmers markets in the county.
Original source: Daily Courier
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