Comments on: Saving Money with a Trip to the Farmer’s Market

By: One Frugal Girl

One Frugal Girl — Thu, 24 May 2007 13:35:00 +0000

Thanks for the link to Local Harvest. A friend of mine just became a shareholder to a local farm in VA.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 23 May 2007 13:37:00 +0000

This might be of some interest:
http://www.localharvest.org/csa/

As the site says “Real food, real farmers, real community”

By: SavingDiva

SavingDiva — Tue, 15 May 2007 20:12:00 +0000

Good for you! I also plan on shopping at the farmer’s market in town. I’m tired of going to Whole Foods to see that all of the produce is from South America.

By: Dimes

Dimes — Sun, 13 May 2007 03:57:00 +0000

Farmers markets tend to have better produce because it doesn’t have to be so hardy to survive a long journey. Tomatoes taste like tomatoes, strawberries taste like strawberries, and when you peel the husk off your corn you might find little corn worms!
You’re also more likely to wash the produce, which helps reduce the risk of E.coli outbreaks and the like.

By: Willster

Willster — Sun, 13 May 2007 01:48:00 +0000

I love farmer's markets too. Their produce is almost always higher quality than most stuff I find at major grocery stores and the prices are reasonable.

I also like the fact that the produce is only being shipped from local farmers, versus taking long transport hauls across country, etc. It's a much more efficient (and economically friendly) way to shop.