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Growing Farmer’s Market in South Florida September 12th, 2014

Farmers Market © (Satina)/123rf.com

Miami Goes To Market – add this to the crop of things to do!

If you’re anything like I am on the weekends consist of food shopping and rarely do you find anything really decent left to pick from. Seems like the fruits and vegetables were all picked through and do not look very inviting.  The alternative is to go to several different food stores to get everything you’re looking for.  Seems like many of you have decided to hit your local Farmer’s Market and get the freshest farm to home products available. Everyone is looking for organic and you can’t get anything more organic than local Florida grown hand picked produce.

A recent article in Miami.com by FredGMiami stated “in the past five years, the number of farmers markets in the United States has increased by 76 percent, and more than two-thirds of the driving population lives within fifteen minutes of at least one, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.”  The growing interest and knowledge in the benefits of eating healthy, organic, lower affordable produce prices and the desire in creating local economic growth has helped to make this change occur.

Here are some of the local Farmers Market in South Florida:

Coconut Grove Organic Market 10am-7pm Saturday 3300 Grand Ave., Coconut Grove (305) 238-7747 www.glaserorganicfarms.com

Fairchild Garden Farmers Market  9am-2pm Saturday 10901 Old Cutler Road., Miami (305) 531-0038 www.themarketcompany.org

Farmers Market at University of Miami  9am-3pm Wednesday (Aug-April) 1300 Miller Drive Coral Gables  (305) 531-0038 wwwthemarketcompany.org

Pinecrest Gardens Farmers Market  9am-2am Sunday  11000 Red Road Pinecrest (786) 367-8274 www.greenmarketco-op.org

Coral Gables Farmers Market 8am-2pm Saturdays (Jan.-March) 405 Biltmore Way Coral Gables (305) 260-5607

For other locations please refer to South Florida Farmers Market Guide at http://www.miami.com/south-florida-farmers-market-guide-article

Categories: City News, Dining & Entertainment, Health & Fitness

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