Farmer's Market - July 24, 2012

Yay!! I went to the farmers market for the first time in quite awhile!

Golden beets
Dino kale - 3 bunches
Mint
Carrots
Tomatoes
Green Beans
Strawberries

Yay!

Farmer's Market Trip - June 12

Since we're juicing, I decided to go to the farmer's market today to get more organic fruits and vegetables.
It's the same farmer's market we go to on Saturday, but since I can't go on Saturdays, I went today!

Here's what we got!!

- 2 bunches of dino kale
- 1 stalk celery
- 1 bunch spinach
- a LOT of purple carrots
- 2 cucumbers
- 1 bunch golden beets
- 4 lemons
- 7 nectarines
- 1 large bag oranges

All for about $20!!

Weekend Farmer's Market Trip - May 26

I couldn't go to the farmer's market again.  I'm just too busy on the weekends.

H and Y went, though!

Here's what they bought...

Strawberries
Cherries
Kumquats
Beets
Swiss Chard
Kettle Corn (from a friend)


Strawberries are super sweet!!!  mmm~
Cherries are yummy, too.  I haven't had cherries in forever.

I hope I can go to the farmer's market with them soon.
Probably not, though, since I started work and I work Saturday mornings. booo...

What do you like to buy at the farmer's market?

Weekend Farmers Market Trip - April 7

We couldn't go last week because I was running in the Warrior Dash and my family came to support. It was a really fun obstacle course run, but I missed Farmers Market!

This week, I'm leaving on tour to the east coast, so when we went to the Farmers Market, I thought we wouldn't get as much food... but my hubby didn't think that way. lol

This is what we got:

- huge daikon

- apples

- grapes

- oranges (DELICIOUS! I forgot what kind it was... started with a c)

- LOTS of cilantro

- 2 bunches of baby celery

- strawberries

- beets

- other greens (not pictured)

Yum!!

I hope I can eat some local foods while I'm on the east coast!

Weekend Farmers Market Trip - March 24

I didn't get to go with H and Y to the farmers market last Saturday, but they took a picture of what they got for me!

Cauliflower

Grapes

Apples

Kumquats

Brussels Sprouts

Daikon

Strawberries

Mint

I wish I could've gone with them, but I like that they've embraced the local, fresh produce idea and that they can go even if I don't tell them to go. hahaha.

What do you like to get at the farmers market?

Weekend Farmers Market Trip - March 17

We love the Farmers Market.

We try to go every Saturday.

It was pouring rain last Saturday and we still went.

The one we go to is usually super crowded and sometimes it's a challenge to find parking.

Not this time. Lots of open parking spaces and not crowded at all.

We were totally in luck, too. It pretty much stopped raining when we got there! :D

With my new t-shirt bag that I made the night before, we were ready to get some fresh food.

Here's H. and Y. at the farmer's market (too bad the t-shirt bag didn't make it into the picture)!

One of the things I learned from my friend is how the farmers get to put "organic" on their signs. My understanding is that the term "organic" can only be used by farms that are certified. In order to do that, you have to meet requirements set by the government for years (I forgot the exact number, but CA recently made it more years than before). Those that claim "natural" or "pesticide-free" are not certified organic growers because they haven't gotten their official certification. They may be growing their food naturally for years and years and are just months away from becoming certified organic or they may have just recently gone natural. Someone else told me that you can ask the farmers for their certification. California recently got a lot of press for fake organic farmers at the farmers market. Still, I feel pretty confident about buying produce at the farmers market.

ANYWAY, here's what we bought last weekend!

Strawberries

Kumquats

Grapes

Lemons

Swiss Chard

Brussels Sprouts

Beets

Onions

Asparagus

Mmm!

If you can give me some more insight about the term "organic" please share!