By LINDSAY CAREY STAFF WRITER. It’s back and ready to provide area residents with vegetables and fruit from local growers. “We’re a small, but very mighty market,” said Market Master Linda Garcia about the Farmer’s Market of Plainville, which will reopen for its third year this week. With donations coming in from the Plainville Housing Authority, the Plainville Food Pantry, and an anonymous donor, the Farmers Market is able to provide the community with fresh produce. Not every town can say that they provide financial assistance for their citizens to go get fresh food from local farmers; however, Plainville is one of those few towns. The food pantry provides $15 vouchers towards food at the farmers market to those in need. Susie Woerz, the executive director of the food pantry, said that she got together with Healthy Plainville and the Hunger Action team to work on getting a farmers market in town. Woerz, who has worked with the food pantry for 25 years, said they are able to fund the vouchers through grants and donations. “We are thrilled to be able to provide healthy and fresh produce,” said Woerz. Beyond the charitable services, the market also fosters a health-centered dialogue [...]
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