Comments on: Find your local farmers market http://smarterfitter.com/blog/2008/01/31/find-your-local-farmers-market/ Less diet, more brain Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:01:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: 7 Gift Ideas for the Ultimate Italian-wine Lover… | Consigli DiVini http://smarterfitter.com/blog/2008/01/31/find-your-local-farmers-market/#comment-827 7 Gift Ideas for the Ultimate Italian-wine Lover… | Consigli DiVini Wed, 28 May 2008 10:11:07 +0000 http://smarterfitter.com/blog/2008/01/31/find-your-local-farmers-market/#comment-827 [...] 2: If they love a nice bit of cheese with their Italian wine, why not take them to a farmers’ market one Sunday morning and treat them to what they’d like? You could also prepare a surprise picnic [...] […] 2: If they love a nice bit of cheese with their Italian wine, why not take them to a farmers’ market one Sunday morning and treat them to what they’d like? You could also prepare a surprise picnic […]

]]> By: Tim http://smarterfitter.com/blog/2008/01/31/find-your-local-farmers-market/#comment-414 Tim Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:29:21 +0000 http://smarterfitter.com/blog/2008/01/31/find-your-local-farmers-market/#comment-414 Yeah, I have a love/hate relationship with our farmer's market and the Whole Food's owned Fresh and Wild next to it. They've both got good produce but it feels like the pricing is really taking the piss. For example, salad greens at the market go for £1.90 per 100g. That's £19 per kg or a shade under $19 a pound! Those salad greens are really good though and they last a really long time in the fridge. I think that we're really used to cheap food that's produced in vast quantities thanks to petroleum derived nitrogen fertilisers and liberal dosing of pesticides. But I still kinda think we're being suckered for wanting to eat good food. I wonder what the costs of production actually are for organic vs. conventional... perhaps if that was more transparent it would be easier to accept paying so much more. Yeah, I have a love/hate relationship with our farmer’s market and the Whole Food’s owned Fresh and Wild next to it.

They’ve both got good produce but it feels like the pricing is really taking the piss. For example, salad greens at the market go for £1.90 per 100g. That’s £19 per kg or a shade under $19 a pound! Those salad greens are really good though and they last a really long time in the fridge.

I think that we’re really used to cheap food that’s produced in vast quantities thanks to petroleum derived nitrogen fertilisers and liberal dosing of pesticides. But I still kinda think we’re being suckered for wanting to eat good food. I wonder what the costs of production actually are for organic vs. conventional… perhaps if that was more transparent it would be easier to accept paying so much more.

]]> By: Asithi http://smarterfitter.com/blog/2008/01/31/find-your-local-farmers-market/#comment-413 Asithi Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:20:23 +0000 http://smarterfitter.com/blog/2008/01/31/find-your-local-farmers-market/#comment-413 I love visiting my local farmer's market. But I find that the prices at the farmer's market is a little higher than the local Bel Air grocery store in my area. The fruits and veggies do taste better at the farmer's market, but I am not sure I can afford the extra cost (at least not at this stage in my life). However, I found a produce stand in a city halfway between where I live and where my parents live. I visit my parents once a month and always stop by. I know they get their produce from the local farms so I figure it is the same stuff they are selling at the farmer's market. The price at the produce stand is usually beats the prices at the grocery store. It's sad that you can buy junk food cheaper than you can buy fresh produce. I love visiting my local farmer’s market. But I find that the prices at the farmer’s market is a little higher than the local Bel Air grocery store in my area. The fruits and veggies do taste better at the farmer’s market, but I am not sure I can afford the extra cost (at least not at this stage in my life).

However, I found a produce stand in a city halfway between where I live and where my parents live. I visit my parents once a month and always stop by. I know they get their produce from the local farms so I figure it is the same stuff they are selling at the farmer’s market. The price at the produce stand is usually beats the prices at the grocery store.

It’s sad that you can buy junk food cheaper than you can buy fresh produce.

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