Market Central, a non-profit dedicated to finding a permanent home for Charlottesville's City Market, is pleased to announce that it will host its largest Farm Tour yet from 10 am - 4 pm on Labor Day, Sept. 6th. With four times the number of farms participating this year, "Meet Yer Eats" will give area residents a rare and expanded glimpse of life behind the gates of working farms in the Charlottesville area.

For a $10 Car Pass purchased in advance or a $15 Car Pass purchased the day of the tour, visitors can see first-hand how and where their foods are grown, as well as buy garden-fresh fruits and vegetables and artisan meats and cheeses directly from area farmers who grow and sell their food locally for a living.

From apples to zucchini, host farms grow a wide variety of produce. Warm weather crops like tomatoes, melons and squash -- which can be bought the same day they were picked or even picked at some farms by Tour visitors -- will be in abundance. Chickens, beef cattle, goats, sheep, donkeys, and honeybees, as well as many friendly farm dogs and cats, will also be there to greet curious visitors.