FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 3, 2012
Contact: Loretta Lopez, (303)
239-4115, Loretta.Lopez@ag.state.co.us
Annual Directory Helps Local Farmers and Ranchers
Market Products
LAKEWOOD, Colo. – Colorado growers
can market their products to consumers through the 28th annual Colorado Farm Fresh Directory. Listings
are being accepted for the 2012 edition of the directory. Published by the Colorado
Department of Agriculture, Farm Fresh
promotes Colorado farmers’ markets, roadside stands, u-picks, Community
Supported Agriculture (CSA) producers, agritourism activities and farms and
ranches that sell direct to the public.
“The
Farm
Fresh Directory is a great way for Colorado growers to direct market their products,”
said Wendy White, marketing specialist at
the Colorado Department of Agriculture. “It is one of our most popular
publications and consumers look forward to the new edition every year.”
The directory will be
available in June and is free to consumers. More than 100,000 copies of the
publication will be distributed through libraries, extension offices,
bookstores, farmers’ markets, welcome centers, chambers of commerce and other
businesses. In addition to the printed directory, the 2012 Farm Fresh will also be available on the Colorado Department of
Agriculture’s website.
The fee to be included in
the directory is $25 and the deadline is February 1, 2012. For more information,
including listing forms, contact Loretta Lopez at (303) 239-4115 or visit www.coloradoagriculture.com.
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