With our In the Market feature, we’ll visit the State Farmers Market with nutrition marketing specialist Freda Butner to learn about nutrition facts, recipe tips and ways to maximize your local-foods shopping experiences across the state. It’s the beginning of summer, and local farmers markets are full of fresh fruits and vegetables. With a large variety [...]

June 30th, 2010 | By: Paul Jones | Tags: farmers markets, freda butner, fruits, Got to Be NC, NCDA&CS, ncfarmfresh.com, nutrition, roadside stands, synergy wheel, vegetables | Category: In the Market | Comments Off

With our In the Market feature, we’ll visit the State Farmers Market with nutrition marketing specialist Freda Butner to learn about nutrition facts, recipe tips and ways to maximize your local-foods shopping experiences across the state. Using the “Goodness Grows in Living Color“ color wheel as a guide, Freda explains how adding a variety of color [...]

May 12th, 2010 | By: Paul Jones | Tags: color wheel, freda butner, goodness grows in living color, Got to Be NC, In the Market, nutrition, nutritious shopping, Raleigh, State Farmers Market, strawberries | Category: In the Market | Comments Off

With our In the Market feature, we’ll visit the State Farmers Market with nutrition marketing specialist Freda Butner to learn about nutrition facts, recipe tips and ways to maximize your local-foods shopping experiences across the state. Most people flock to the State Farmers Market for the best in local fruits and vegetables, but Freda shows [...]

April 7th, 2010 | By: Paul Jones | Tags: freda butner, local foods, market imports, n.c. honey, n.c. seafood restaurant, N.C. wine, nc farmfresh, State Farmers Market, State Farmers Market Restaurant | Category: Farmers Markets, In the Market | Comments (1)

With our In the Market feature, we’ll visit the State Farmers Market with nutrition marketing specialist Freda Butner to learn about nutrition facts, recipe tips and ways to maximize your local-foods shopping experiences across the state. In this segment, Freda offers a fun way to prepare nutritious snacks for children. Below, Freda uses winter vegetables, but the [...]

March 15th, 2010 | By: Paul Jones | Tags: availability chart, children, farmers market, freda butner, local food, marketing specialist, seasonal produce, snacks, State Farmers Market | Category: In the Market | Comments Off

With our In the Market feature, we’ll visit the State Farmers Market with nutrition marketing specialist Freda Butner to learn about nutrition facts, recipe tips and ways to maximize your local foods shopping experiences across the state. A statewide initiative is making it possible for farmers markets in North Carolina to accept Electronic Benefits Transfer [...]

February 11th, 2010 | By: ncagriculture | Tags: 21st Century Farmers' Markets Program, freda butner, In the Market, Leaflight Inc. | Category: In the Market | Comments Off