Brand New Buzz

Awareness in local is growing. Locally grown foods and heirloom varieties that cannot be readily shipped are finding their way back into the American kitchen. From the rural far m house to the kitchens in the best Manhattan hotel. Locally grown offers a much greater variety than can be produced on commercial farms. Fragile fancy tomatoes in yellows, oranges and variegation’s can be enjoyed. These tomatoes don’t travel well therefore have fallen out of favor in the day of giant production farms and mass movement of the trucking of fruits and vegetables. Now returning to tables every where through the efforts of small farms and the efforts to save and revive more and more lost variates. Within this movement there is a greater appreciation for the work of individual artisans and crafts. Developing small businesses and cottage industries. Offering people the opportunity to be self reline as opposed to relying on an out side entity for work. Out of all this has grown the number and popularity of local and regional farmers markets. Not only locally grown foods are offered but the goods and services of small business people. Massage, consultations, yoga, prepared foods and foods to take away and eat latter are all available. Farmers markets are generally seasonal, taking place from mid to late spring to fall in cooler climates and longer seasons where warmer to year round in sunbelt states. Keep in mind when visiting new farmers markets some are restricted to only produce and food products for sale. Others have a more varied offering of arts crafts soaps and scrubs, pastas, and breads and other services like message and yoga classes. These have been markets established on major metropolitan areas bringing fresh locally grown foods to urban dwellers to small villages and towns where communities meet and share the wares of the work and talents. Shopping and eating locally only make sense on many levels.

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