There is good news for Florence residents who would like farm fresh vegetables and food, but can't always make it down to the Farmers Market in Burlington.
From July through September, farmers will be setting up a mini farmers market in Florence by the Boone County Public Library at U.S. 42.
"We had gotten requests for a market in Florence for a while now, because some people don't have transportation to Burlington where we have our large farmers market," said Coy Wilson, agricultural technologist and market manager at the Boone County Extension Office.
"So first of all we approached the farmers about whether there was an interest in setting up in Florence. Many of our farmers have other jobs, and not all of them can set up on Fridays," Wilson said.
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