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Now through Sept. 18, you can cast your vote for the Farmers and Crafts Market of Las Cruces (FCMLC) as America’s best market in the 15th annual America’s Farmers Market Celebration.
Visit markets.farmland.org, click on “Cast My Vote,” enter “Las Cruces” in the search box, click on “Farmers & Crafts Market of Las Cruces,” enter your name and email address and cast your vote – it takes less than a minute.
In 2023, the celebration will award a record $15,000 in total cash awards to the top five markets in America: $5,000 for first, $2,500 for second, $1,500 for third, $750 for fourth, $250 for fifth and $100 to first in each state.
In 2022, FCMLC was the top vote getter in New Mexico and 10th in the Southwest region and No. 125 in the county out of more than 7,000 farmers markets, said FCMLC Market Manager Karin Bradshaw.
“We hope to improve our rankings this year as everyone knows we are the absolute best farmers market in the country,” Bradshaw said. “With our access to fresh produce year-round, our world class artisans, the yummy cuisine offered by our food trucks and vendors plus the support from our local community and government, how could we not be the best in the nation,” she said. “And as an authorized SNAP/Double Up Food Bucks provider, we ensure members of our community have access to fresh. local agricultural products year-round.”
“I would like to encourage our residents and visitors alike to vote in this year’s Farmers Market Competition,” Mayor Ken Miyagishima said. “It was about seven years ago when we made the top ranking and it would be nice to repeat the title of the Best Farmers Market in America!”
The celebration is sponsored by American Farmland Trust nonprofit, which has a mission of saving farmland, promoting sound farming practices. It has run the competition since it began in 2008. The Farmers Market Coalition became a celebration co-sponsor in 2021.
More than 200 FCMLC vendors cover seven city blocks along north Main Street downtown 7 a.m.-1 p.m. every Saturday and 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. every Wednesday. The nonprofit market began in 1971 and was named “Number One Large Farmers Market in the Nation” in America’s Farmland Trust nationwide poll in 2011.
Visit www.farmersandcraftsmarketoflascruces.com.
