When I began my real-food journey in 2006, farmers markets were my lifeline. Not yet committed to growing my own food but becoming aware that I wanted to avoid the industrial food system, I began slowly: asparagus and strawberries in the spring, pawpaws in the fall, tomatoes when I felt like it. My ascent into farmers market shopping picked up as the years went on, and now, in seasons that I’m not growing my own food, most everything I eat fresh comes from the farmers market.
I’m obsessed with real food, and I believe in building community and voting with my dollars. Farmers markets entertain all of these values.