Farmers Markets

I watched this last night during a moment of insomnia. It was pretty disheartening. It reminded me a lot of The Corporation, only not quite as watchable. In a nutshell, big money-hungry food corporations own almost all of the food supply and don't give a hoot whether it is safe or not. It certainly made me want to shop only at my local farmers market.

I have yet to find a market I like here as well as the one way out at the edge of North Lamar in Oxford, Mississippi. It had a pretty decent variety of fruits and vegetables, although I never seemed to buy their fruit much. They also had bulk grains which I like to use. However, most importantly to me, they had Stan's Meats. On a student budget, my husband and I never ate much meat, but we would splurge for this. Plus, you could get two 1" pork chops for a fraction of the cost of a steak, and it was just as satisfying. And it was local meat! That is a biggie, and I have no idea how to go about finding a similar place here.

I never was big on the Mid-Town Farmer's Market because I tended to sleep away my Saturday mornings. I am a late afternoon shopper, and I liked being able to go whenever I wanted. I have seen fruit/veggie stands here, most notably the one that is always on Napoleon. I somehow never have cash for it. I also have visited the Hollygrove Market, which has a box food program where you get a whole lot of veggies in a box for 20 bucks. Again, though, it is a Saturday morning thing. The Crescent City Farmers Market is uptown on Tuesday mornings, but how in the world am I supposed to get there at that time?

I hope to find a solution to all of this sometime soon. In the meantime, I am trying to be picky about what produce I buy. The movie sure made me feel guilty for putting out of season zucchini in my minestrone earlier this week.