Buying what is in season...

Last night customers were asking for sweet corn and tomatoes. At this market vendors must sell only what is produced within a fifty mile radius. It's too early for sweet corn and tomatoes. When you see sweet corn and tomatoes this time of year at the grocery stores or at those cute corner farmer's stands you should understand that their products are not locally grown, and probably come from Texas or South America. If you come to our market in September and expect to find strawberries you will be about three months late. Buying in season from local producers ensures that you are receiving freshly picked produce grown with the hands of the vendor on the other side of the table.