Peasant markets - local, healthy food with good taste and good for the environment

Peasant markets - local, healthy food with good taste and good for the environment

regional, tasty, healthy food and good for the environment! Certified peasant markets enable certified farmers to sell seasonal, often biological, exclusively locally grown and grown products and food. Typically, the products sold must be produced by the producer in the land of the producer.

What is it for you and me?

locally produced foods are fresher, taste better and are environmentally friendly - they drastically reduce the energy costs to bring the food to the table. And on the farmers markets there are always local, biological foods that neither use fertilizers nor pesticides that together make up more than 1/3 of the energy for the production of food.

Then there is still the health benefit of organic food. Organic foods are not necessarily healthier than other foods, but the lack of pesticides and insecticides make them a better choice. Today the EPA considers 60 % of all herbicides, 90 % of all fungicides and 30 % of all insecticides as potentially carcinogenic.

shopping tips on the farmers market

o use the market as a place to plan your meal. Shopping and eating "seasonal".

o Use your senses to find the best articles. Smell, touch (gently) and taste.

o plan time; Meander. It's a big family fun!

o cash. Credit card acceptance is rare. Likewise ATMs.

o you occasionally buy something new. Ask a friend, the person next to you or the producer, to give you some ideas for use.

o include the children. Let them select and buy products that you will eat. It will help you are responsible for eating fruit and vegetables.

o Take a fabric bag. It is sustainable and environmentally friendly.

o bring a friend with you. Draw attention to someone else to the food and the community spirit on the farmers' market.

o early appearance to choose from and opportunity to talk to the producer. You can also find parking spaces!

o arrive too late is better than not arriving. Prices can also be better!

"The farmers 'market quickly develops into a new public square in this country. Land meets the city. Children are shown where our food comes from. People have politics. They have petitions. They smuggle. It is an incredibly lively place. The CSA farmers' market enables us to get in touch with nature through these connections.

Michael Pollan, author of "The Omnivore’s Dilemma"