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GREEN TIP
note, when snacking on fruits
and vegetables, they taste better
at room temperature
Where’s the Quality?
Corn: No need to peel back the
husk, besides you’ll get the
With today’s shipping of
Farmer’s Markets
farmers ticked…Feel the

perishables overnight to any
outside of the husk, should feel
point within the world; fruits and
National Farmers Market
cool, slightly moist and the
vegetables have taken on a
silken hair at the top should look
Week August 3-9, 2008 different quality than years ago.
very fresh and not dried out.
Farmers markets are an
They are shipped pre ripened
The true secret is to get corn
and much of the flavor and
integral part of the urban/
that was picked the same day.
aromas are missing.
farm connection and have
Good luck.
String Beans & Peas: pick firm
continued to rise in
Solution
and crisp. They should snap,
popularity, mostly due to the
Take advantage of a farmers
not bend when placed between
growing consumer interest in
market or stand near you for
two fingers.
obtaining fresh products fresh locally grown tasty
Melons: see page 28 for melon
directly from the farm.
produce.
picking tips
Farmers markets allow
Strawberries Raspberries &
consumers to have access to
How-to Pick’em
Blueberries: choose a
locally grown, farm-fresh
Peaches:Aroma, aroma, aroma.
container that looks hydrated,
produce, enables farmers the
Use the sense of smell when
plump berries means juicy
picking peaches or other
flavor, if you are buying give a
opportunity to develop a
summer fruits.
taste.
personal relationship with
Basil & other herbs: pick a
Spinach & Other Greens: Dark
their customers, and cultivate bunch that has the stems either
green strong leaves with roots
consumer loyalty with the
stored in water or wrapped in
(except mesclun), even better.
farmers who grow the
plastic to retain their moisture. If
Should look crisp.
produce. Direct marketing of
you run your hand over the
bunch, your hand should have a
farm products through
strong aroma of the basil or
farmers markets continues to
other herbs.
be an important sales outlet Cukes: pick firm, smooth with
for agricultural producers
no wrinkles. They will have
nationwide. Today, there are
slight color variations because
more than 4,300 farmers
of the way the cuke grew, may
have a white stripe where it was
markets operating throughout
view
lying in the soil.
the US.
Beets: choose beets that are
George Living it
Find a farmer’s market in your area. firm and attached to the stems
UP! Organic video
with fresh looking green tops.
Select a mix of red, white and
on iTunes
golden beets for a nice serving
mix.
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