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Countryside Conservancy to Open Fresh Food Market in Downtown Akron

Ideastream Public Media | By Tyler Thompson,
Nicholas Hunter
Published September 11, 2018 at 6:09 PM EDT
Countryside Conservancy will add to its farmers markets with a new year round fresh food store in the Northside Lofts.
COUNTRYSIDE CONSERVANCY
Countryside Conservancy will add to its farmers markets with a new year round fresh food store in the Northside Lofts.

Residents near downtown Akron will have a new place to shop for fresh foods.

The Countryside Conservancy says local farmers will sell their foods in a new public food market in Akron’s Northside District. It will be located in the former Northside Lofts parking garage.

Rachel Goforth with Countryside says local food and produce has not been readily available in the downtown area.

“We see this as a really wonderful way for countryside to bring our mission of connecting people – food and land – deeper into Akron. We have a farmers market at Highland Square, but we wanted to reach a bigger audience.”

Goforth says the new market will also bring the Produce Perks program, which provides matching dollars for fresh fruits and vegetables for lower income families.

The market is set to open Oct. 28.

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Tyler Thompson
Tyler Thompson was a reporter and on-air host for 89.7 NPR News. Thompson, originally from northeast Ohio, has spent the last three years working as a Morning Edition host and reporter at NPR member station KDLG Public Radio and reporter at the Bristol Bay Times Newspaper in Dillingham, Alaska.
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Nicholas Hunter
Nicholas Hunter is a senior journalism student with experience primarily in print media. After spending a semester in Washington D.C., Nicholas is returning to join the WKSU team, as well as working as the opinion editor for the Kent Stater.
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