Farmers Market

The nonprofit Eureka Springs Farmers Market celebrated a 20th anniversary last Thursday on the grounds of the Eureka Springs Community Center.

Pete talks to Eureka Springs Farmers Market Manager Pauline Rescorl about their Matching Program for SNAP, WIC, and Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program participants.

Census data show women farmers now comprise around 40% of agricultural sales and farmland operations across the U.S. Ozarks at Large's Jacqueline Froelich visited with ten women farmers in northwest Arkansas about this trend, including two scholars at the University of Arkansas Agricultural Research Station's Center for Arkansas Farms and Food in Fayetteville.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Institute for Community Health Innovation is partnering with eight farmers markets in Washington and Benton counties to give people receiving SNAP, WIC or Seniors Farmers Market Nutrition benefits double the spending power. Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams spoke with project manager Hannah Dial about the "Double Your Dollars" program.

On today's show, the third episode of KUAF's Maternal Mortality Series looks into Arkansas' postpartum deaths, the lack of records to review cases and mistrust among underrepresented communities. Also, the Fayetteville Farmers Market turns 50, the state received a low rank for overall child well-being and more.

The Fayetteville Farmers Market began in 1973 and this weekend there will be an observation of the milestone with audio and visual history.

A newly cultivated family farm in west Elkins sells commercial organically grown produce and container garden starts by subscription, donating a portion…

Construction of Railyard Park in downtown Rogers is nearing an end with an opening scheduled for later this spring. The new park includes a performance…

Farmers have had to adjust the way they sell their products to the public amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Businesses like White River Creamery and Fat Top…

The start of local outdoor farmers markets is synonymous with spring, but farmers, customers and markets are having to make changes to meet social…