Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Farmers Market: An Overview

By Mara Hernandez-Capili

Farmers market is not just your typical marketplaces where vendors sell their stuffs for a price. Farmers market is a special venue where you can purchase fresh, safe and organic produce from the sellers or farmers barnyards. The stuffs here are deemed to be a better quality owing to the safe methods and humanely process of cultivating the produces. It is also deemed better to shop at a farmers market since prices are reportedly lowered because you are dealing with the first hand distributor.

There are many goods that can be purchased at farmers markets. Some of them are vegetables or root crops. These vegetables differ from other store or grocery bought vegetables because they are well cultivated and taken care of in farms. They usually look bigger in size and improved in color unlike other vegetables. They are also heavier and look more delicious in appearance.

Honey is another typical produce that can be found at a farmers market. Honey bee farms often sell their honey products on glass jars. There are honey bee farm owners whose business is to provide the public with 100% authentic and pure honey syrup. It is not just a typical grocery purchased honey that may be added with preservatives to last. An authentic honey is judged by its color, consistency and taste.

Fruit preserves or jams for sandwich spreads are also being sold at farmers markets. They are created and made by owners of fruit orchards who sometimes use the seasoned fruits to make their preserves. They are always a classic favorite that buyers mostly sought after. Fruit preserves are great as sandwich spreads (jams), as a cake filling or topper and desert.

There are still a lot of stuffs that can be bought at a farmers market. Now that we know some of them, we know how to save a bit of our familys food budget by opting to buy at a farmers market.

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