This past week, we took our meeting to SEDA where we heard from Asia Harold, who is the Executive Director of Forsyth Farmers' Market! At the beginning of the meeting, President Conni Reynolds asked for a moment of silence to honor Bruce Montgomery. She then announced upcoming Rotary events and Kim Campbell presented Roy Maynard with a Paul Harris Fellow pin! After all Rotary business items were discussed, Melanie introduced Asia.
Forsyth Farmers' Market is much more than a Saturday event. They operate 7 days a week to provide healthy food to members of our community. The market has been operating on Saturday's for 16 years from 9-1 rain or shine! There are a total of 67 vendors, about 50 per week, and the farmers come from a radius of 200 miles from Savannah. The mission of the Forsyth Farmers' Market is that eating healthy foods should be accessible to all. Asia talked about the programs that support their mission such as the Youth Booth at the Saturday market, SNAP/EBT enrollment, 912 Food Farmacy, and the community partners who help distribute food. To learn more about Forsyth Farmers' Market or to apply to be a vendor, please visit https://www.forsythfarmersmarket.com/