LaCrosse County Farmer Market Association    

LaCrosse County Farmers Market Association  - LCFMA

• Promotes healthy nutrition,
• Fresh Food - not Old Food
• locally Home-Grown food, naturally grown
• organically grown food 
• Local Honey 
• Fresh fruit, vegetables, nuts, berries
• this and more at our County Farmer Markets.  

Artisans and Craftsmen.
You'll enjoy several Genuine locally handmade craft displays and talk with the artisans themselves or maybe catch a glimpse of these crafty crafters working on items in their spare time at market.

Events are regularly and routinely inspected by the LaCrosse County Health Department to maintain standards. 

This helps assure the public that they are purchasing items which are locally home-grown produced and displayed safely. 

LCFMA -  Quality Standards and Policies

Our Mission 

• Supports local sustainable agriculture; to provide a sustainable healthy earth for the future
• fosters small family farms:  Keeping the backbone of our nation strong.  Their health and success contributes to everyones.
• new ethics for land stewardship and preservation of earth:  holding everyone accountable for all land, all water, all air
• encourages Farmer Markets as friendly creative environments and vibrant community gathering places
• cuts transportation time keeping fresh food fresh nutritious healthy and tasty, 
• cutting fossil fuel use! when you buy locally grown, this simple act eliminates shipping cost and fossil fuel used to ship you days and weeks old food, which you can buy locally that is nutritionally better, fresher grown close to home
• keeping earth clean: not burning fossil fuel to transport food which is grown locally, annually can eliminate hundreds of tons of hydrocarbons and pollutants from being pumped into our atmosphere and rained back on earth
• supporting the local eco-friendly farm economy and keeping it strong and growing strong for everyone's health

LCFMA revenue is dependent upon membership fees, donations, business sponsorships, sales of commemorative items, and ticket sales to the annual Taste of LaCrosse smorgasbord. 

A Taste of LaCrosse smorgasbord.  We hope to see everyone make this a popular and successful annual event.

Be sure you get your tickets a Taste of LaCrosse - August 30, 2008  You will enjoy a smorgasbord of the finest cuisine of several local restaurants and chef's, wineries, breweries, coffee roasters.  Get your Taste of LaCrosse, Don't delay in getting tickets,...  we are planning for an early sellout

LCFMA is seeking supporters  for a long-term growth project and success of the LaCrosse County Farmers Markets.  We are seeking donors of 2-20 acre parcels of land in and around communities in LaCrosse county into land grants to the LCFMA.  LCFMA also encourages donating items and granting money to lease or make an investment into permanent facilities sufficient to house and accommodate the number of vendors and market patrons.

Revised: March 24, 2008