Mrs. Frances Nash's Garden Basket Farmers Market returns for 2024 season

Mrs. Frances Nash’s Garden Basket Farmers Market returned to Michigan Street for the 2024 season on Tuesday.

Organizers say the farmers market is a way they are working to combat food insecurities in East Buffalo.

Buffalo resident Stephanie Rodgers was taking advantage of the opportunity on opening day.

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“As a person who had brain surgery and trying to do weight loss, I realized it’s so important to eat natural raw products to sustain,” she says. “So it’s crucial to have this in our community available to us.”

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When you come to the farmers market you’ll be given a $10 voucher making it more convenient for your pockets.

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“As you know in the East Side of Buffalo we have a food desert so it makes it convenient for people to come out and get something healthy,” says Yevette Johnson, a resident. “Healthy choices are what we need in the community.”

This second annual farmers market was named after Mrs. Frances Nash because of the legacy she left in the African American Heritage Corridor.

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“She was an advocate of food and growing food that would be shared with the needy,” says Terry Alford, executive director of African American Heritage Corridor. “So in honor of her and recognition of her, we created a farmers market to serve the needs of those especially those who don’t have access to healthy foods.”

The market will run every Tuesday from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at 130 Broadway until October.

There will be a free shuttle bus that will be provided for those who may not have a way to get to the farmers market. Call: 716-322-1002.

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