Farm2City project

150,000 people who eat every day are surrounded by 1,500 farms growing and producing everything from fruit to meat, vegetables to ice cream, honey to pickles. CISA’s Farm2City Project connects residents in Chicopee, Holyoke and Springfield with these farms through:

• CSA (Community Supported Agriculture)
share opportunities,
• farmers markets, and
• independent and chain grocery stores.

Spanish, English, Polish, Vietnamese and Russian Farmers Markets posters at WIC offices, social service agencies, community centers and senior centers encourage use of coupons at farmers markets and grocery stores.

Download the posters: Spanish, English, Vietnamese, Polish.

Van signs in Chicopee promote the region’s farmers markets. Russian and Vietnamese posters reach ethnic consumers in Springfield who are looking for speciality foods.

Nutritional educators from the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts work with twelve families who shop at farmers market. Together they will prepare meals made with fresh, local food.

CISA’s Farm 2 City program is bridging the gap between urban consumers and rural farmers. Learn more about the program by downloading this information sheet.

Read how to run this program in your own community: Community Supported Agriculture For the Workplace.