<p>New Jersey’s Secretary of Agriculture, Douglas H. Fisher spent last Monday visiting the Robbinsville Farmer’s Market in celebration of the beginning of the state’s farmer’s market season. Offering residents the opportunity to get their hands on some of the freshest produce Jersey has to offer, the series of farmer’s markets do a great deal to support the state’s local economies and local growing operations.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Fisher’s visit on the 17th is the first in a series of market stops planned for the coming weeks. “These markets help support our state’s farmers, but they also bring business to towns, some of which were impacted by Superstorm Sandy,” said Secretary Fisher. “Now is a great time to visit a farmers market to find all your favorite spring vegetables and herbs, as well as our State Fruit, the blueberry, which began harvesting this week.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Now in its fourth season, the Robbinsville Farmers Market is comprised of 15 vendors and is open each Monday from 3:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the town center through the end of September. Market organizer Linda D’Amico said friends and relatives urged her and her husband, Frank, President of the Mercer County Board of Agriculture, to start a market.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">“We cover many different areas of farming and offer a great variety of items to the 500-plus visitors each Monday afternoon,” said D’Amico. “Because the market is in the afternoon, customers can stop by to pick up items for dinner on their way home from work. Being situated at in the town center, it is common to have whole families walking to the market.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Farmers from many markets throughout the state participate in the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) and Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program (FMNP), which provides vouchers for the purchase of locally-grown fresh fruits, vegetables and herbs. </p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href="http://www.jerseyfresh.nj.gov/ " target="_new">Jersey Fresh </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
