<div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-4707a793-7fff-19bc-36b5-f9adb65d300e"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 5, 2023</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Lou Ann Crowley, Board President</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Missoula Farmers’ Market</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(406) 381-0000</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:info@missoulafarmersmarket.com">info@missoulafarmersmarket.com</a></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Missoula Farmers’ Market’s 51st Season Opens Saturday</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Missoula’s Original Farmers’ Market Features Local Growers and Producers</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">[Missoula, Montana]</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: This Saturday, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Missoula Farmers’ Market’s 51st season will debut and will operate from the first Saturday in May through the end of October. Located at the North end of Higgins by the red XXXXs, the market will feature early season veggies and plant starts, eggs, meat and mushrooms. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In addition, locally grown, raised, gathered and processed meat, eggs and mushrooms are available all season long. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Shoppers can purchase a cup of coffee or a cold beverage and a treat from one of the bakers and prepared food vendors as they stroll through the market to the tune of the day's musicians. They can enjoy the atmosphere and browse a wide selection of canned vegetables, jellies, jams, and sauces, dried teas, honey, handcrafted face and body care products and other value-added products made from local ingredients.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This year, the market will welcome some new prepared food vendors. Sista Elmmy Belizean Street Food will serve delectable pupusas, empanadas and tamales. Missoula Makan’s Malaysian pastry will delight the taste buds with savory curry puffs and sweet pineapple tarts.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“The Missoula Farmers’ Market has always been home to a variety of vendors who hail from Missoula and all over the world,” </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">says Lou Ann Crowley, President of the Missoula Farmers’ Market board of directors. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(67,67,67);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We’re proud to feature local food with an international flair and can’t wait to taste the delicacies from both new and seasoned vendors this year.”</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">###</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">About Missoula Farmers’ Market</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A gathering of food and friends since 1972. Local and loving it in downtown Missoula.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Missoula’s longest running farmers’ market is in its 51st year at its traditional location at Market Square at the XXXs at the north End of Higgins. It operates two markets, Saturdays from 8am-12:30pm May-October and Tuesdays from 5-7pm June-September. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For more information, visit </span><a href="https://www.missoulafarmersmarket.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">missoulafarmersmarket.org</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> or follow them on Facebook and Instagram.</span></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>