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
Indian 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
Organic carrots and beets
Cabbage
10 pound bags of orange
10 pound bags of orange
Different variety of grapes
Chinese eggplants
Summer squash
Chinese eggplants
Summer squash
