August 4th -10th , 2024
Executive Proclamation by
Governor Mike Dunleavy
WHEREAS Alaskan farmers, ranchers, mariculture growers, and value-added producers
provide communities with access to healthful, locally, and regionally produced foods through farmers markets, which are expanding and blooming to accommodate the demand for a diverse array of locally grown agricultural products, and
WHEREAS Alaska’s 65 farmers markets and other agricultural direct marketing outlets provide infrastructure to assist in the distribution of farm and value-added products, thereby contributing significantly each year to the Alaskan economy, and
WHEREAS farmers markets serve as significant outlets by which small, new and beginning, and veteran agricultural producers, generate revenue that supports the sustainability of family owned and operated farms and the revitalization of rural communities statewide,
WHEREAS farmers markets generate farm income to help stimulate business development and job creation; build community connections through rural and urban linkages; and more;
WHEREAS Alaska’s farmers markets strengthen the state’s food security, food access, and independence;
NOW, THEREFORE, to further awareness of farmers markets’ contributions to Alaskan life, I, Governor Mike Dunleavy, do hereby proclaim the week of August 4-10, 2024, as Alaska Farmers Market Week, in conjunction with the observance of National Farmers Market Week. I call upon Alaskan citizens to celebrate farmers markets with appropriate observance and activities.
