Benefits of Shopping at your Farmer Markets
If you haven't ever shopped at a Farmer's Market you need to. Yes, it is different, but it's a good different. At my local market, farmers and their families are there and willing to answer any questions you have.For example when was the produce picked. Here are the benefits to shopping Farmers' Markets that I've uncovered. Let me know your comments and any additional benefits I've missed.
- Farmers’ Market produce is picked ripe and sold that day. You can taste the difference. Supermarket produce, on the other hand, can take up to two weeks to travel from farm to store, even in summer. Flavor and appearance can suffer.
- You can talk to the local farmer - This is really an advantage. Since the person you buy the product from is the farmer, or his/her employee, you can ask anything about the product, for example, where it was grown, what variety it is, if the product was sprayed, and cooking suggestions.
- You’ll find unusual varieties of fruits and vegetables – those bred for flavor, not uniform in size, or ability to travel. Growing a larger number of varieties is ecologically smart too because it reduces crops’ vulnerability to disease.You simply can’t compare the volume, variety, quality, and freshness of flowers at the farmers' markets with what grocery stores offer.
- With the exception of greenhouse roses, the types of flowers at the market vary with the season. For example, in February-March there are fantastic tulips, and during the summer there are tuberose, sunflowers, zinnias, and many more.
- Farmers’ Markets put more money in the farmers’ pockets. Commercial farmers get only twenty-five cents of every rupee’s worth of produce sold in supermarkets. At the Farmers’ market, they get the whole dollar, (they pay a small amount of rent – often only 5 percent of sales).
- Buying locally grown produce encourages regional farming. If farming were more widespread, we could save fuel and resources spent on long distance shipping and reduce our over-dependence on a handful of growing regions that may not be able to produce high yields indefinitely. When produce is grown and purchased locally, the money remains in the community and stimulates the local economy. Working farms preserve open spaces without using tax dollars.
- Reducing the carbon footprint - Distance produce travels from farm to you via a grocery store is often greater than 200kms. Transport to and storage at the store often requires refrigeration, and these result in carbon dioxide emissions. At our farmers' markets average distance traveled is less than 50 miles and there is no refrigeration or storage.
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