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Return of Farm-to-Fork Festival brings welcome boost to Sacramento economy
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Updated: 7:21 AM PDT Sep 19, 2021
Large crowds gathered at the Farm-to-Fork Festival on Saturday in Sacramento, driving welcome foot traffic and dollars for participating vendors. "It's great Sacramento can throw this event, get the word out about these local businesses, and get our economy going," said Bryce Avalos of Carmichael. The annual event returned after a long hiatus due to the pandemic. "It feels fantastic. Not only because we can employ more people," said Julio Ortiz, co-owner of Gaspachos USA, a fruit and juice bar. "Being able to get back out and feel the love of the people who support you and love your product, it really gives us life.""If you want to look at people who’ve been really hurt the last 18 months, it's people who go to festivals and make their living that way, because there hasn’t been any," said Mike Testa, president of Visit Sacramento. His organization puts together the festival. According to Visit Sacramento, visitor spending makes up about $3 billion yearly. Much of that revenue vanished during the height of the pandemic. But as vaccination rates continue to grow, and COVID-19 rates diminish, Sacramento's economy can make a comeback."Bringing in visitors to a community to spend money on businesses matter," added Testa. "For attendees, a lot of them come from out of Sacramento and out-of-state. They are staying in hotels at a restaurant and buying a souvenir before they go home."
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Large crowds gathered at the Farm-to-Fork Festival on Saturday in Sacramento, driving welcome foot traffic and dollars for participating vendors.
"It's great Sacramento can throw this event, get the word out about these local businesses, and get our economy going," said Bryce Avalos of Carmichael.
The annual event returned after a long hiatus due to the pandemic.
"It feels fantastic. Not only because we can employ more people," said Julio Ortiz, co-owner of Gaspachos USA, a fruit and juice bar. "Being able to get back out and feel the love of the people who support you and love your product, it really gives us life."
"If you want to look at people who’ve been really hurt the last 18 months, it's people who go to festivals and make their living that way, because there hasn’t been any," said Mike Testa, president of Visit Sacramento. His organization puts together the festival.
According to Visit Sacramento, visitor spending makes up about $3 billion yearly. Much of that revenue vanished during the height of the pandemic. But as vaccination rates continue to grow, and COVID-19 rates diminish, Sacramento's economy can make a comeback.
"Bringing in visitors to a community to spend money on businesses matter," added Testa. "For [festival] attendees, a lot of them come from out of Sacramento and out-of-state. They are staying in hotels at a restaurant and buying a souvenir before they go home."
