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Marie Hall and husband Don, center, founders of the nonprofit BeMoneySmartUSA, talk at the Carmichael Park farmers market with Bill Schlack, who handles the website and community booth. The Halls' two farmers markets, in Carmichael Park and at Sunrise Mall, provide revenue to help fund their free financial workshops for teens.

Nichole Grady, 17, dressed as a carrot, and her sister Jacqueline Grady, 15, dressed as a banana, drum up customers for the Carmichael Park farmers market. The BeMoneySmartUSA program includes jobs and business classes.

Alexandra Coulter, 16, of Roseville works at the farmers market in Carmichael Park, where she makes $8 an hour through the BeMoneySmartUSA program.

Leeks and shallots from a Galt farm were among the local produce available this year at a farmers market across from the West Sacramento City Hall.