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Sunday
May152011

Montgomery County Commissioners Support Farmers' Markets!

CreekSide Co-op, which operates the CreekSide Co-op Farmers' Market at High School Park, was one of numerous Montgomery County farmers' markets which questioned draft regulations from the Montgomery County Health Department which threatened to have a negative impact on farmers' markets. On March 11, the Montgomery County Commissioners agreed that the Health Department had gone too far with its proposed regulations. This was a great example of community members presenting a reasoned argument to local government and having that government listen! Read more about the issue at this link.

http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/local/the_intelligencer_news/montco-not-changing-how-it-deals-with-farmers-markets-yet/article_adffd943-0fa9-5268-944b-c3185c6f1e06.html