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We all know that we should eat more fruits and vegetables, the fresher (and more local) the better. Wouldn\u2019t it be great if there was a place nearby that only sold fresh, local food?<\/p>\nWe all know that we should eat more fruits and vegetables, the fresher (and more local) the better. Wouldn\u2019t it be great if there was a place nearby that only sold fresh, local food?<\/p>\n
Well, if you like that idea, consider a visit to a farmers market near where you live or work. Unprocessed fruits and vegetables are healthful and delicious.<\/p>\n
Farmers markets are great sources of fresh produce and they are a fun way to shop. Many farmers markets also sell items like homemade preserves and baked goods. There are also likely to be tables selling local arts and crafts.<\/p>\n
HNE is fortunate to be part of a community that is well stocked with farmers markets. Every one of them offers a selection of healthy choices. You\u2019ll find farmers markets over a wide area of Western Massachusetts. They usually are open a variety of times during the week. You can get a list of farmers markets in our area at the website for Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA) \u2013 the \u201cBe a Local Hero\u201d people: http:\/\/www.farmfresh.org\/food\/farmersmarkets.php?zip=01002&open=1<\/a>. The CISA website also describes other ways you can get locally grown and produced food, local food events, and agriculture in general.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We all know that we should eat more fruits and vegetables, the fresher (and more local) the better. Wouldn\u2019t it be great if there was a place nearby that only sold fresh, local food? Well, if you like that idea, consider a visit to a farmers market near where you live or work. Unprocessed fruits […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-summer-2011","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6ZZGa-6d","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnetalk.com\/member\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}