IF you are looking for a great cheap farmer's market full of local produce grown by locals, come to the Farmer's Market on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3pm-7pm at Dudley Common in Roxbury.
The stand is run by The Food Project, a local non-profit that employs Boston area youth and teaches them the basics of growing and selling produce.
The market also takes part in SNAP/ Boston Bounty Bucks, a food stamp program that doubles the value of food stamps on produce purchases. Here are some other Farmer's Markets that participate in the program. PDF flyer
Paying about $5 under the program I got a
1 bunch of collards
1 bunch of rainbow chard
1 bunch of beads
2 large cloves of fresh garlic
1 medium head of cauliflower
1/2 pound of salad greens
1 zucchini
Unheard of in the Farmer's Market world.
Next time I'm going to bring a bigger bag in order to be able to take advantage of their fresh local fruit offerings, currents and raspberries. Not to mention there fresh sweet peas.
Get out and get some fresh local healthy produce of your own.
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Went back for the second week and a row and they had wonderful raspberries and three types of squash. This is a must for farmer's markets.
ReplyDeleteOh and the sweet peas are good.
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