South Windsor Farmers Market

About South Windsor Farmers Market Android App

With our mobile app, the South Windsor Farmers Market supports the many important aspects of eating locally grown food. Here are a couple:

- Nutrition Benefits: Higher nutrient/nutrient dense foods; reduced chemical additives; reduced sodium consumption; reduced chemical flavorings; reduced sugar consumption. Small farms are more likely to grow a wide variety of crops. Variation protects biodiversity that is important for ensuring long-term food security. Local farmers can grow tastier, more palatable varieties of crops compared to crops bred to be shipped thousands of miles over a lengthy period of time. Shipped foods sacrifice quality in taste so that they can have a fantastic shelf-life. Our local crops are ready-to-eat and savory.

- Health Benefits (disease prevention): The #1 health-threat to ALL Americans is Heart Disease. Eating locally grown/locally produced foods can: lower total cholesterol levels; reduce obesity rates; reduce blood levels of triglycerides; increase healthy fats in the diet (omega 3); increase vitamin and mineral intake; increase nutrient density; reduce the consumption of junk food with ‘empty calories’.

- Economic Benefits: Increased support of local restaurants that buy from local farmers; bring new restaurants and local food producers into town; promote ‘on-the-farm’ enterprises: corn maze, sunflower maze, hayrides; increase awareness of emerging farm trends; bring more people into South Windsor to increase ‘town visits’ and support the town economy.

- Farm Benefits (farmers and farmland): Increase sales options: supermarkets, restaurants, and farmers’ markets. The ability to ‘test’ new food products; maintain a reliable, stable base of farmland preservation and support in town.

- Environmental Benefits: Food sold and purchased locally reduces shipping costs, gasoline costs, air pollution and carbon emissions. Buying local foods eliminates the carbon footprint left behind when food is transported great distances. Increased land leased to farmers adds more ‘green’ space in town; increased involvement of community groups; and create outdoor summer jobs for students.

- Social Benefits: Increase interaction among the diversity of cultures and ages in town. Bring people together to learn about many cultures and food.
Assist in building a diversity of crops grown to support ethnic foods.