Does anyone here support local Farmers Markets?

[Anomaly]

MY Wife & I also love local farmer's markets. Since we live right in the middle of NY wine country, there's a lot of vineyards and farmer's markets. Between the facts that the items are much fresher (and better) and we can get a lot of specialty items that you can't find in the big supermarkets... We like that we're supporting local businesses and even moreso, a better way of life.

[supersix4]

If that market is attached to my B&M grocery store than yes I support it

[Beta Man]

We have one of the best farmers markets in Cleveland, and we also have a small one that sets up in front of the local library, and also one close to the library that we can walk to during the summer.... but "The West Side" Market is year round, and we love it!

http://www.westsidemarket.org/

The Gyro place here was featured on The Food Network twice I think.

[master_8ball]

Heading to the farmers market at lunch for some fresh strawberries and nectarines.

[jbig31]

Originally Posted by Beta Man

We have one of the best farmers markets in Cleveland, and we also have a small one that sets up in front of the local library, and also one close to the library that we can walk to during the summer.... but "The West Side" Market is year round, and we love it!

http://www.westsidemarket.org/

The Gyro place here was featured on The Food Network twice I think.

Thanks again for the tip on The West Side Market Beta from a couple years ago...awesome place and awesome food-especially Steve's Gyros! The absolute best!

[jbig31]

A few photos from our Farmer Market.

[J.R._Beasley]

When I lived in NYC, I regularly frequented the Union Square farmers market. Now that I have moved back to Texas I only occasionally use this town's weekend market as I have started to grow my own now that I actually have a yard.

[Darkhawk9587]

I try to. Here in Madison, there's one usually every Saturday on the Capitol Square.

[jkwest]

farmers markets are just as bad depending on what the farmer uses on his crops..

Buy Local
Buy ORGANIC
Buy NonGMO

[dobyblue]

A new alert:

Right now, Monsanto, the corporation responsible for producing roughly 90% of genetically modified seeds around the globe, is working to bring their new, GMO sweet corn to a grocery store aisle or farmer's market near you.1

Unlike Monsanto's other GMO crops — which are primarily fed to animals — this sweet corn is intended for direct human consumption.

This is the first time Monsanto has engineered a vegetable that could be served straight to your dinner table. And if this unlabeled, and potentially toxic crop succeeds, Monsanto is sure to bring us even more.

As a consumer, you are in a powerful position to pressure leading U.S. grocery stores to reject Monsanto's new GMO corn.

Tell U.S. food companies: Americans don't want Monsanto's GMO sweet corn in our grocery stores! Click here to automatically sign the petition. http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=2313...15-LEzTqVx&t=8

Monsanto's GMO sweet corn is engineered to tolerate the herbicide Roundup, and to produce the insect-killing pesticide Bt.

If that sounds dangerous to eat, there's good reason.

A past study released by the International Journal of Biological Sciences found that Monsanto's GMO corn led to organ failure in mammals.2 This GMO corn has also recently been linked to a new pathogen causing crop failure and a sharp spike in livestock infertility — as high as 20% — which could potentially pose a health threat to humans as well.3

But shockingly, just as other GMO foods are not required to have special labeling, consumers will have no way of knowing if they're purchasing Monsanto's new genetically modified sweet corn.

Tell U.S. grocery stores: Americans don't want Monsanto's GMO sweet corn! Click here to automatically sign the petition. http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=2313...15-LEzTqVx&t=9

Some of Monsanto's GMO corn is already in human food — used to make additives in processed food products — and even in small quantities it's having scary effects.

This past spring a Canadian study found that the GMO toxin inserted in Bt corn was found in the bloodstreams of 93 percent of pregnant women4 — just from its presence in processed grains and highly processed food products.

Now, grocery stores could be on the verge of delivering up this toxic corn, and its toxic effects, in much higher doses and without processing, and we wouldn't even know what we were eating.

We must raise our voice as consumers and urge grocery stores to reject Monsanto's potentially dangerous new product, and stop this dangerous trend of Monsanto-made, straight to table products.

Thank you for standing up to Monsanto and its dangerous GMO products.

Elijah Zarlin, Campaign Manager
CREDO Action from Working Assets

1. Monsanto Plans To Sell Sweet Corn In Your Local Supermarket <http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=231289&id=27573-3476615-LEzTqVx&t=12> August 8, 2011.

2. Monsanto's GMO Corn Linked To Organ Failure, Study Reveals <http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=231290&id=27573-3476615-LEzTqVx&t=13> March 18, 2011.

3. Dr. Huber's Warning: How GMOs Are Linked to Disease and Infertility <http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=231291&id=27573-3476615-LEzTqVx&t=14> May 4, 2011.

4. GM Food Toxins Found In The Blood of 93% of Unborn Babies <http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=231292&id=27573-3476615-LEzTqVx&t=15> May 20, 2011.

[tbizzle]

Man, the system is effed. I really hope Monsanto doesn't succeed with this sh!t

Btw, if anyone here hasn't seen Food Inc, definitely check it out. It's in HD on Netflix

[Beta Man]

Went to the West-Side market today

[jbig31]

Originally Posted by Beta Man

Went to the West-Side market today

Nice. I need a Gyro from Steve's!

[DVDFreaker]

No

[jbig31]

Originally Posted by DVDFreaker

No

Well, you should.

[DVDFreaker]

Originally Posted by jbig31

Well, you should.

Not really, I eat junk, not healthy food

[ScarredLungs]

MY wife and I go occasionally to the local farmers market here in Provo. We have found some great deals on produce and on beef. We both leave happy.

[jbig31]

Went with the wife this morning.







Oh yeah, they have a great little taco truck...

[beefytwinkie]

You know what's even nicer than those vegetables, fruits, and taco you took pictures of?

Your camera.

Where was this market? It's just one picture but the top photograph seems like it's a nice town.

[nefilim]

Originally Posted by jbig31

A few photos from our Farmer Market.

we grow it
we pick it
we sell it

you smoke it