September 5th, 2007

Shopping at a farmers’ market is certainly more of an adventure than trekking the familiar tiled aisles of your local supermarket. At a farmers’ market, you need to be prepared. You’ll want to take, for example, a tote bag. And you’ll need to step aside as that 18-wheeler loaded with cantaloupes pulls in. So we asked a few informed folks – at The Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture in San Francisco and at the Dallas Farmers’ Market and others – for their tips on how to get the most out of your farmers’ market foray. And here they are:



Barbara Kessler
Andrew Winston
Danielle Nierenberg
Anthony Swift