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A new anti-racist toolkit from the Farmers Market Coalition is designed to help managers of farmers markets think about messaging, vendor support and product availability.
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Farmers aren't producing enough to keep up with the number of smaller markets that keep popping up, often in close proximity to others. This results in fewer customers, unsold food and maybe closure.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture says local food is growing quickly from a niche market into something that's generating significant income for communities across the country.
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"Local" food makes up a small fraction of what Americans eat. But a recent study argues that 90 percent of people living in cities could be fed with food grown within 100 miles.
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The rate of growth in the number of farmers markets and sales there has slowed in recent years. But that could mean the entire local food movement is growing up.
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The federal government is putting $100 million behind a simple idea: doubling the value of federal food benefits when people use them to buy fresh produce. This idea started small but became a hit.