Know Your Farmer, Know Your food
Why shop at your local farmer's market?For every $1.00 you spend at a big chain grocery store, only .15 cents stays within the local economy; Whereas, when you spend that same $1.00 at your neighborhood Farmer's Market, .45 cents stays in your local economy. It also gives your small farmer the oppportunity to support their living by being able to directly sell their farm products to the customer. This is the beginning of how a relationship is built between you and the person who grows your food. You can ask questions about their farming practices, how to use the product (collect new recipes) and get healthier, more nutritious food for your family.
Need more reasons? How about the fact that most food travels over a1,000 miles from where it is grown (often picked before it is ripe) to be placed in a warehouse, stored for a week or more then trucked to the store where you purchase it. At a Farmer's Market, the food usually travels less than 50 miles and is picked less than 24 hours from the time you purchase it and always at its ripest to bring you the most nutritients.
Need more reasons? How about the fact that most food travels over a1,000 miles from where it is grown (often picked before it is ripe) to be placed in a warehouse, stored for a week or more then trucked to the store where you purchase it. At a Farmer's Market, the food usually travels less than 50 miles and is picked less than 24 hours from the time you purchase it and always at its ripest to bring you the most nutritients.
