The produce and products at the farmers market are fresh, nutritious, and delicious. Many farmers are proud to grow the best possible produce and food products by using sustainable techniques, growing heirlooms and local varieties of seeds, going organic, and selecting produce right before the market.
Farm to Your Table Nutrition
The farmers market is the place to be for a fantastic array of new produce and a great chance to savor the bounty of biodiversity expressed as tasty foods that play well together on your plate.
Promotes Humane Animal Treatment
Wait until you and your family enjoy meals based on local eggs, seafood, chicken, and meat raised on natural diets and without hormones or antibiotics, and who’ve often been spared the cramped and unnatural living conditions found in large-scale agribusiness animal agriculture.
Tales From the Farmers Market
A trip to your local farmers market is a fantastic way to connect with your food source. Meet and greet local farmers and food artisans. It’s an excellent opportunity to learn more about food production and discover tips on storing, preparing, and cooking ingredients, as food enthusiasts, such as Claudette Spinelli, note.
Taste
The produce you score at the farmers market is fresh and tasty. The perfect field or tree-ripened produce can be brought to the market directly — no long-distance shipping, gassing, or sitting for weeks in storage. This is fresh from the farm food and products.
Family Farmers
Buy local to support family farmers competing with large agribusinesses in the food marketplace. Small, independent family farms face challenges. Buying directly from our farmers supports them.
Protecting the Environment
Sustainable agriculture practices use fewer resources than large agribusiness. Did you know that the food on your dinner plate travels, on average, 1,500 miles (in the USA) to get there? All this shipping uses natural resources, especially fossil fuels. Food at the farmers market is transported shorter distances and typically grown using best practices.
Celebrate the Season
Enjoy seasonal produce and products, fresh and delicious and full of the fields’ most authentic flavors, health, and vitality. Shopping at and cooking with farmers’ market foodstuffs helps us reconnect with the cycles of nature in our communities. It preserves our local food traditions, reconnecting with the earth, the weather, and the seasons.
Connect with Community
The farmers market is a community hub. Coming to the farmers market is not just a shopping experience. It’s a community event. You never know when you’ll meet a musician performing or a juggler tossing balls. Large dogs and small children inspire smiles. Come and be with neighbors as you meander among outdoor stalls filled with fabulous foods like fruits and veggies, meats and cheeses, quality seafood and chicken and eggs, fresh bread and cakes, and so much more, all outside on a beautiful day.
