PITTSFIELD, Mass. — On Saturday, Sept. 9 at 10:00 am at the Pittsfield Farmers Market, 100 First Street, the Berkshire Mobile Farmers Market (BMFM) will unveil the new mobile farmers market van. 

 

Roots Rising, the nonprofit whose teen program runs the Pittsfield Farmers Market, received funding in 2022 to purchase an electric, solar-powered vehicle for their programming. In the spirit of community partnership, they are leasing the brand-new vehicle to the BMFM partnership for the fall pilot program of the Berkshire Mobile Farmers Market.

 

Beginning Wednesday, Sept. 13, the Berkshire Mobile Farmers Market will make three stops each week: Tuesday mornings at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in North Adams; Wednesday afternoons at 18 Degrees Family Services on West Street in Pittsfield; and Thursday mornings at the Becket Town Hall.

 

Funded by a three-year grant from the USDA to the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission, 5 partners including Berkshire Bounty, Berkshire Grown, CHP Berkshires, Southern Berkshire Rural Health Network, and the Berkshire United Way are collaborating to bring locally-grown food to areas in the Berkshires with low access to fresh food. Shoppers at the BMFM will find a variety of locally-sourced products, including seasonal produce, eggs, meat, dairy products, bread, maple syrup and honey. The BMFM offers a FairShare payment system where shoppers will pay what feels right, based on their unique life situation based on factors such as household size and income level, including distributions of food at no cost to shoppers facing food insecurity.

 

Find the market schedule, project partners, pricing details on the website berkshiremobilefarmersmarket.org

 

Berkshire Grown supports and promotes local agriculture as a vital part of the Berkshire community, economy and landscape. The organization's farm-to-food access programs, the winter farmers markets, technical assistance and workshops for farmers, work to create a resilient local food system and promote local agriculture.