Locally Grown Fun

The Iowa City Farmers Market is a cool place, and it's growing. Despite being on a Saturday morning, the streets were packed with health-conscious consumers, little kids dressed in face paint, and curious bystanders.

The Farmers Market has a lot to offer. I picked up a pork rub (used later that night) and some farm fresh eggs. There is also fresh coffee, red red wine, crispy egg rolls, funny pictures, tangy salsa. and an assortment of crisp vegetables. If the pocketbook is a little thin, then the Farmers Market can still be fun with a wide selection of people to watch and talk to.

With gas prices on the rise and a host of environmental issues on the table, the Farmers Market makes sense. It's all local. That means you aren't paying for the pump and delivery like you wold at the Supermarket. Instead of your food being processed and sold underneath thick packaging used to protect the food in transport, a local farmer hands you fresh anything, and you know exactly where it came from. So go support your community, go support the Farmers Market.

If anything, it is super delicious...



*Portabella and Cheese Breakfast Taco
Courtesy "Banditos," Iowa City



Home-Made Chocolate!!!