Does anyone here support local Farmers Markets?

[jbig31]

Originally Posted by 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.

It's the Holland Farmers Market in Holland MI. We really enjoy it, we try to go every Saturday am. Every year it has gotten bigger and bigger.

[onyxbfly]

We do farmers markets every now and then. But now we belong to a farm co op. We get like 8-10lbs of farm fresh produce weekly. The coop starts in may and ends in oct. Everything local, everything organic.

[jbig31]

Made our usual Saturday trip to our favorite Farmers Market..........











And we tried a bigger/improved one in Downtown Grand Rapids







Hope you enjoy!

[Cocophone]

I hate our local farmers market. It ruins parking downtown every Saturday.

[filmnut5]

Originally Posted by jbig31

The wife and I love going local farmers markets and supporting the local economy and getting high quality fresh produce. We live in Michigan and in the last couple years it seems that the number of local markets and roadside stands have increased and I think its great. To me it kind of brings us back to simpler days before the big box supermega grocery stores when you actually interacted face to face with people and built relationships with them over time.

I buy ALL of my veggies at the local farmer's markets in the area. They're ALWAYS fresh and delicious.

[pentatonic]

I try as much as I can, have many of them around. I go firstly for the produce, but the atmosphere is as important to me (reason I go to some more than others). Having been to a few in France and Italy (they sure do know how to put up a market) I think that because of Montreal's big European population, the markets are great. I'll even go as far as to say you can really tell about a city's beat by their markets.

[jbig31]

Originally Posted by pentatonic

I try as much as I can, have many of them around. I go firstly for the produce, but the atmosphere is as important to me (reason I go to some more than others). Having been to a few in France and Italy (they sure do know how to put up a market) I think that because of Montreal's big European population, the markets are great. I'll even go as far as to say you can really tell about a city's beat by their markets.

Very well said, and I agree 100% To me, there's something about go to a market and actually talk to the person(s) who grew or baked the produce and/or goods that you are buying. They are passionate about what they sell, and if they don't like to answer questions we have we don't buy from them. We know that goods are fresh and I like the street performers.