 It was opening day today for the Floyd County Farmers Market in Prestonsburg. Although the market saw fewer vendors due to the weather affecting crops as it has, there were plenty of customers out supporting our local farmers. It's the local gardener and farmer that you're helping. Few of our vendors are doing this now for a living, so you're putting money in their pocket, feeding their children, helping them pay their mortgage. Instead of paying a big corporation or a big company that treks it in from another state, these people have worked hard at home growing this stuff and bringing it to sale. Not only does buying locally grown foods benefit our region economically, but it's definitely a healthier way of eating. It's very important to buy local to help support your neighbor, but then also because it's better for your health. We specialize in salad greens, and most of the salad greens in Floyd County are coming from California and Arizona and shipped hundreds of miles. You can get them here year-round here in Floyd County, and they're going to be healthier for you, and they're going to taste better too. Now, not only is the Floyd County Farmers Market providing an opportunity for folks to help out their local economy, it's also providing a learning opportunity for students. They're slowly taking pride in it, and through that, building some self-esteem of, look what I grew and how I've taken care of it, and now someone gets to go and plant that in their garden, eat it if they're buying a plant start, or we're feeding them with what we've grown, the fresh produce, so that's one, and we try to teach them business skills. So we had a plant sale about a month back, and the students were involved in every part of the planning. The Floyd County Farmers Market will be at the Municipal Parking Lot in Prestonsburg every Saturday until October, and every 4th Saturday will be Arts and Crafts Day. Reporting from Prestonsburg for EKB News, I'm Shawn Allen.