Updated: July 13, 2015

Delaware Local Produce Week Celebrates Food, Farmers and Community

July 13, 2015

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Lindsay Podraza is an editor and contributor for Town Square Delaware. She's a Tar Heel, former newspaper reporter and barbecue aficionado. Lindsay also writes for the Penn Law Journal, the school's alumni magazine.

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Love summer’s fresh tomatoes and peaches, peppers and cucumbers? You’re in luck.

This morning, Gov. Jack Markell declared the beginning of Delaware Local Produce Week. The effort, a non-partisan initiative created by Rep. Lyndon Yearick, R-Camden-Woodside, aims to promote the benefits of buying and eating locally-produced fruits and vegetables and to foster relationships between consumers and farmers.

Opportunities to participate abound: Delaware has plenty of farmers’ markets, including 80 farmstands and 20 farms where you can pick your own produce.

The following is a video by Rep. Yearick about Delaware Local Produce Week: