Local Farmers Markets
Posted on September 2, 2009 - Filed Under Dining, Travel
Local farmers markets have been popping up all over the country. This has been a growing trend for sometime now. The awareness of nutrition, locally grown foods and organics are the driving forces here. More and more people are shopping local, keeping their money circulating in their local. This local support helps to keep small farmers in business, artists and crafts and small business going. Specialty foods are grown by these local farmers, not the hugh genetically engineered crops of the corporation farms. Heirloom tomatoes, peppers, egg plants and other fruits and veggies too fragile for mass transportation on a corporate truck. Local foods are picked fresh and therefore having more flavor and vitamins. The local farmer is focused on sustainable growth and the use of natural means for fertilizing and pest control, thus being more respectful of the environment and the animals and plants that live in it. The products of there labor can be seen and purchased at local farmers market across the country and around the world. Locally grown organic food is gaining in awareness from the best Cape Town restaurants to the small town diners. At local farmers markets other items that have been locally produced are available too. Artisans selling there pottery, paintings, drawings, soaps, baked goods, chocolates and anything else you can imagine. These markets are empowering small business people and artists to be able to show and sell their work without the approval of middle men. The ability to take your product directly to the market place and get feedback for the customer instead of meeting the approval of a corporate buyer that has lost touch with the end users. Locally grown and produced goods are good for the environment and the economy keeping people employed and keeping dollars local. Locally grown food is fresh, healthy and nutritious lacking in the chemicals of the corporately produced food.
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