Insurance Commissioner Praeger to be at Lawrence Farmers’ Market Saturday

Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger will be at the Lawrence Farmers’ Market on Saturday to promote local buying and healthy eating.

It will be Praeger’s second stop in Lawrence during a summerlong campaign at area farmers’ markets. She is promoting the importance of diet and exercise as key elements in preventing disease.

Praeger will be in Lawrence at 8 a.m. at the market, which is in the parking lot between Eighth and Ninth Streets and New Hampshire and Rhode Island Streets.

She will be handing out a limited number of reusable bags and informational material.