Additionally, on average, only 10.8% of Americans are meeting the standard for daily fruit and vegetable consumption. According to a 2018 USDA Economic Research Study, purchasing fruits and vegetables from direct-to-consumer outlets, such as from farmers at farmers markets and roadside stands, was positively associated with several healthy behaviors. Households who did so were more likely to be aware of the USDA’s MyPlate guidelines, rate their diets as excellent or very good, and were nearly twice as likely to have a vegetable garden. To help address food insecurity, we need more farmers to grow healthy produce for direct-to-consumer outlets. Unfortunately, farmers are continuing to age as a group. According to the census of agriculture, farmers averaged 59.8 years in 2007 and 62.2 years in 2012 in Leon County.