Livability.com has named the Portland Farmers Market as one of the best in the nation. Portland ranks fifth on a list of the top 11 — editors couldn’t settle on just 10. The list is part of an ongoing series to highlight some of the nation’s best places to live. Livability notes Portland’s multiple markets and efforts to promote recycling and making markets accessible to low-income families.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – “It is the best place to spend the (money),” said Anna Curtin, education and outreach specialist for the Portland Farmers Market in Oregon. “It benefits users, it benefits the farmer, it benefits the larger community. And it is the freshest, healthiest food you can buy.”
Portland Farmers Market has opened two new markets this summer because of increased demand. According to numbers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the number of farmers markets in the U.S. has increased 170 percent over the last ten years.
Ann Forsthoefel, Portland Farmers Market’s executive director, announced Thursday that she will leave her job at the end of the year to move to Missoula, Mont., with her husband.