I've seen in multiple places that there are a couple of polls running nationally on farmers' markets. As I hope most of you know, we have a nicely growing farmers' market here in Durham. If you like the DFM, you might want to vote in these:
- The Care2 "Love Your Farmers Market" poll will give $5,000.00 to the market that wins their poll, which runs until 17 September 2009. There's a total of $15.000.00 in prizes being awarded to winners, runners-up, and randomly selected markets. They're also giving away several hundred dollars in cash and tote bags to voters and "recruiters" (those who get other folks to vote) over the period of the poll. The above link leads you to the poll, where you'll give your name, ZIP code, and e-mail address. Or you can go directly to the page to vote for the Durham Farmers' Market.
- The American Farmland Trust is also running an "America's Favorite Farmers Markets" contest. I don't see when that poll closes; winning markets will get "Free No Farms No Food totebags for use in customer giveaways." Again, you can go directly to the page to vote for the Durham Farmers' Market. And again, you'll need to leave some information about yourself. Ya gotta love that cow graphic on the AFT main page. :)
Both polls have pre-checked boxes for you to get information from the respective organizations about their missions; the Care2 poll will also send you weekly updates.
Go knock yourselves out. :) [Update: we suck.]

Ah, when you mouse over the cow on the AFT graphic, she moos. :)
Posted by: Joe Eater | 25 June 2009 at 19:51