All over various farmers markets in the Bay Area!
There are a lot of different factors when choosing a farmers market: Is there one close by? How do I get to the farmers market? Is it going to be expensive? What is going to be there? What is in season?
The San Francisco Chronicle's website (http://www.sfgate.com/food/farmersmarkets/) provides a list of farmer's markets in the bay area as well as their days and hours of operation. The following websites are good sources of information for finding out the seasonality of fruits and vegetables.
http://www.cuesa.org/seasonality/charts/vegetable.php
http://www.fieldtoplate.com/guide.php
http://www.sustainablechoices.stanford.edu/actions_at_the_store/seasonalproduce.html
The benefit of buying fruits and vegetables in season is that they will more often than not be cheaper than fruits out of season. They also taste incredibly better! Farmers market vendors are also open to negotiation-an advantage for cash-strapped college students!
Sunday, February 28, 2010
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Where are some good places to get fresh produce in the UC Berkeley area?
ReplyDeleteThere's actually a stand run by students on sproul. They sell fresh produce from farmers for a reasonable price.
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