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North Dakota has one of the highest rates of farmers markets per person in the United States, with 7.5 farmers markets per 100,000 people, according to the North Dakota Agriculture Department.

North Dakota Farmers Markets Directory

Cookbook author and regional foods enthusiast Anita Stewart ranks Canada’s top ten farmers’ markets in the May (2009) issue of Canadian Geographic. Her 10 markets, in no particular order, are as follows:

Pier Street Market, Campbell River, B.C.
Trout Lake Farmers Market, Vancouver
City Market Downtown, Edmonton
Saskatoon Farmers’ Market
Le Marché St. Norbert, Man.
Guelph Farmers’ Market, Ont.
Marché du Vieux-Port [...]

April 27 is the deadline for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farmers Market Promotion Program offering grant funding to “improve and expand domestic farmers markets, roadside stands, community-supported agriculture programs and other direct producer-to-consumer market opportunities.”
With $5 million allocated for the program, the minimum grant awards are $2,500, with a maximum of $100,000 for any [...]

Town officials in Putnam, Connecticut, broke ground today on an open-air pavilion that will be home to the Putnam Farmers Market.
Dubbed the Riverview Marketplace, the new facility on Kennedy Drive near Interstate 395 will be a covered stall-like building where farmers can back vehicles in and residents can walk down the middle.
Funded by grants from [...]

The Halifax City Council has approved a $1 million grant to help pay for the new Seaport Farmers Market, a $10-million project that’s expected to get underway later this year, according to a report in the Nova Scotia Business Journal
The province of Nova Scotia has contributed $2.25-million and private investors have raised about $795,000. Canada’s [...]