The Danbury Farmers' Market will open at 11:00 am on July 30, 2010 at Kennedy Park, corner of Main Street and Kennedy Avenue in downtown Danbury.  The market will be open until 4:00 pm featuring fresh foods for sale produced by local Danbury region farmers. 

The event is part of the Danbury Farmers' Market Community Collaborative's innovative initiative to promote health and nutrition while expanding opportunities for families with limited resources to obtain local fresh foods.  The collaborative is composed of more than twenty local private, public and non-profit organizations dedicated to expanding utilization of the Danbury Farmers’ Market, encouraging access to fresh foods by all members of the community and enhancing health promotion efforts to prevent chronic diseases such as obesity and diabetes.  The program will combine funding to enhance the purchase of healthy foods by recipients of local, state and Federal food assistance along with provision of nutrition education and health screening services.

The program builds on a successful pilot program developed in 2009 in response to a large increase in demand for food benefits in the Danbury area and increasing concern about the need to address health issues associated with diabetes and childhood obesity.  Additional financial benefits offered under the program will increase the ability of customers in need to purchase fresh foods at the Danbury market.  Complementing this effort will be food education, healthy cooking demonstrations, health screenings, fitness and wellness activities and a variety of arts and cultural experiences designed to promote a healthy and active lifestyle.  

The Danbury Farmers' Market will be open every Friday from 11 am until 4 pm from July 9 to October 29, 2010.

For more information on the Danbury Farmers' Market please visit www.citycenterdanbury.org or call CityCenter Danbury at 203-792-1711.