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Regional Farm and Food Project Tracy Frisch, Director Revitalizing Community with a Farmers' Market In a growing number of cities and towns, the public is turning to their community's farmers market to find the freshest of produce, and other hard-to-find farm-grown products as well as locally made crafts and baked goods. Good farmers markets can revitalize urban downtowns. They also help forge meaningful connections between cities and the countryside, and between those that eat and those that work the land The Regional Farm and Food Project has embarked on a new project -- the Capital District Farmers Market Task Force -- to build up or reinvent farmers markets in Albany and Troy. With this initiative, we aim to forge excellent farmers' markets which provide good opportunities for farmers to earn their livelihood, offer consumers a great selection of farm-raised foods and quality crafts, and create a new civic space where people from all walks of life can mingle. We launched the Farmers Market Task Force in October. Its members are a diverse group of people, including consumers, farmers, low-income advocates, economic development promoters, government representatives, and people whose main interest is the betterment of their community. We are committed to having everyone's voice heard. The task force meets monthly, and if you are interested in participating, there is room for you on the task force! Please contact the Regional Farm and Food Project at (518) 426-9331 if you might like to contribute to this effort in anyway. The RFFP is a 10-county membership organization which promotes sustainable agriculture and a healthy local food system through farmer and consumer education and various community development activities. To learn more about our organization, please request a free sample newsletter. In cooperation with Troy United Ink Corp., a not-for-profit corporation 
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