Casey Celebrates National Farmers' Market Week

http://www.minnesotagrown.com Minnesota celebrated National Farmers' Market Week on August 1-7. Casey DeRosier visited the Minneapolis Farmers' Market where the Minnesota Grown Program sponsored a "Name that Food" contest. Teams captained by Minnesota Agriculture Commissioner Gene Hugoson, Minnesota Grown Spokesperson and U.S. Olympian Carrie Tollefson, Twin Cities media personalities and members of the public competed to see who could most quickly and accurately identify all the contents of a box of produce. Check out Casey's blog, Livin' La Vida Local, on the Minnesota Department of Agriculture's Minnesota Grown website at http://www.mda.state.mn.us/food/minnesotagrown/blog.aspx for more great Minnesota Grown items. The Minnesota Grown Program is a statewide partnership between the Minnesota Department of Agriculture and Minnesotans who grow or raise specialty crops and livestock. The program has nearly 1,000 diverse members including farmers' markets, CSA farms, garden centers, wineries, fruit & vegetable growers, pick-your-own farms, livestock producers, meat processors, Christmas tree growers, and producers of honey, wild rice, maple syrup, cheese, and other gourmet products.