Grant to link produce, nutrition education

SPRINGFIELD – Urbana has received a $7,500 grant through the Illinois Department of Agriculture to help promote its farmers market, which will open at Lincoln Square Village on May 2, a week earlier than in the past.

The grant money, which originates with a federal specialty crops promotion program, will be used to promote "Sprouts at the Market" at the Urbana farmers market, according to Lisa Bralts, an economic development specialist in Urbana and director of Market at the Square.

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