The Farmer and the Sell

 

I must have found the right area of San Francisco because there was a big Farmers Market just outside of Greens, the organic, vegetarian restaurant where we lunched. We split up and did some serious shopping, getting bags of kale and spinach for juicing, delicate butter lettuce, yellow heirloom tomatoes, juicy blueberries, and these succulent strawberries which I had for breakfast this morning. 


The Farmers Market, with its bounty of organic whole foods from local farms, is my absolute favorite way to stock the kitchen. And, if the extraordinary flavors of these foods aren't enough, it's nice to know my humble dollars are supporting a good cause: small farms committed to an ideology of pesticide-free well-being for humans and the earth in which our food flourishes.


I'm lucky to live in the US where small organic farms grace every state. If you're in the States this website will find a Farmers Market near you: http://apps.ams.usda.gov/FarmersMarkets/ And, here is a list of wonderful Farmers Markets all over the world! http://hubpages.com/hub/The-Best-Farmers-Markets-in-the-World-in-no-particular-order

Do you think produce straight from the farmer tastes better than from the grocery store?