I Love the Farmer's Market!

I love the farmer's market! Last night with dinner we had zucchini (so fresh and tender!) sauteed with a wonderful sweet onion. We also had a salad with lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumber all from the farmer's market. Please excuse my gushing, but eating fresh local produce makes me feel good on so many levels!

It's good for the local economy. Instead of giving my money to a mega-chain retailer, I am helping to support a local farmer who lives, works, and pays taxes in my county.

I feel good about doing my part to help small business enterprises. They make the world a better place, but they can't survive unless we support their efforts. I like to buy from individuals, even if they are not local. I buy from Etsy when I can and I like to buy furniture from a man that makes it by hand in the small town in Tennessee where my mother lives.

I feel like I am giving my family healthier foods. I won't go into the multitude of reasons why I believe this to be true - that would turn this blog into an entire book! (For the long version read any of Michael Pollan's books or watch the movie Food, Inc. - see the trailer at the end of this post)

Lastly, it tastes better. Produce that was picked less than 24 hours ago and traveled 25 miles HAS to be better than produce that was picked 3 weeks ago 3000 miles away. It is fresher, and fresher is just better!


SEE YOU AT THE FARMER'S MARKET!