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Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Farmer's Market


Where to find organic and locally grown produce in US? The answer is farmer's market. It is like the regular Sabzi mandi's in India. It took me a year after living in California to discover that we have two farmer's markets near our home.
There is a Farmer's market in Mountain View and Sunnyvale (Bay Area). The Mountain View farmer's market has greater number of stalls and variety of produce than the Sunnyvale Farmer's Market. We visit Farmer's market almost every weekend to buy fruits and vegetable. We get some very good quality organic vegetables and fruits here. Many varieties of mushrooms are also available. In summer, one finds very very sweet peaches, plums, strawberries, blackberries, blue berries, watermelons, cantaloupes, pluots, oranges and nectarines. In winter we shop for apples, pumpkins, pumpkin flowers, pumpkin greens, Bartlett pears and Persimmon. There is a large variety of green vegetables like beans, spinach, dill, bitter melon and other leafy vegetables. Click here to know more about which organic products are vital.

Here are some produce of the Mountain View farmer's market captured on camera.


Various color bell peppers


Peanuts


Spicy breads


Align CenterIndian chutney's and masalas (Sukhi's Stall)


Lovely flowers


Cherry tomatoes


Green Vegi's


Raspberries, Blackberries and strawberries packed with antioxidants


Organic carrots and beets



Cabbage

10 pound bags of orange


Different variety of grapes


Chinese eggplants


Summer squash