Farmer's Market has everything, even UGLY APPLES

I don’t know why, but spring makes me want to turn over a new leaf.  I don’t mean just spring cleaning or the first real weekend of working in the yard.  No, I mean getting back to the earth, thoughts of growing my own vegetables, maybe I’ll even get some chickens and have fresh eggs and get a cow and make my own butter.  Okay, those are visions of grandeur, maybe even hallucinations, but those thoughts did inspire me to visit the Farmer’s Market at 8^{t h} and W Street (the one under the freeway that’s open all year long every Sunday morning from 8:00AM to noon). Continue Reading »

It’s not the best of economic times and it seems like everybody needs to save a little money.  When I was searching for ways to save one of the things that the financial gurus said saves money and helps you eat healthy is shopping at a farmer’s market.  Not only does it help local farmers, but you get in season fruits and vegetables for less money.

Now that we have established that it’s good to shop at farmer’s markets all we have to do is find one.  In the summer time they seem to be everywhere but are there any that we can find all year long.  I went to cafarmersmarkets.com and found that there is a farmer’s market somewhere in Sacramento almost every day of the week.  Check it out or go to california-grown.com for about the same info if you want a second opinion.  If you know of other farmer’s markets share them with us so we can all save a buck and eat healthy at the same time.

Farmers Market in Sacramento