In today’s global marketplace, food can travel thousands of miles from farm to table, and that has many consumers looking for local sources and shopping at their local farmers’ markets.

The U. S. Department of Agriculture reports there are more than 3,700 farmers’ markets operating in the United States, including 11 in Fairfax County, VA.

[Read](http://www.vafb.com/news/2006/june/060806_3.htm) (Virginia Farm Bureau)