Fit To Eat S2E9 Pamela Anstey by Ivan Emke

Tom Chapin, the musician, gave a description of Farmer's Markets as follows in one of his songs: "Like a farm once a week, in your neighbourhood; Its Farmer's Market Good!" Indeed, Farmer's Markets aren't just those days when the country comes to the town with lots of glorious produce in tow, but they are also sites of small business development, community-building interaction and social cohesion. Today I chat with Pamela Anstey, the Executive Director of the St. John's Farmer's Market Cooperative. We talked about how a snowstorm and a pandemic affected that market, and the multitude of producers and consumers who have made it a part of their life. It is a conversation about resilience and the shafts of sunlight that unexpectedly poke through the heavy clouds. There's room on the bench. Join us.