Local Food Porn

And a triumphant "yay!" sounded from her, traveling jauntily down the neighborhood on the late spring breeze...


The Farmers Market is back for the season! Time for the local goodies!

A Farmers Market Is Worth A Line Of Lame Poetry?
Bet your ass. (Or should that have been a 'yea, verily'?)

I've been looking forward to local raw honey for months now!

You don't have to be Paleo to enjoy getting locally grown foods, but if definitely helps. Most farmers markets are rich in Paleo staples: seasonal vegetables, fruits and berries, nuts, unique oil blends, potted herbs like basil and mint, raw honey (which is a great homeopathic remedy for seasonal allergies), locally raised animal products like meat and eggs, even dairy products (if you're so inclined to add that into your diet, though a friend of mine describes it as "cow snot", and I tend to think of it as "acne juice"). So you go to a farmers market, you could pretty much get everything you need!

Eating foods that come from the same environmental conditions you live in gives you a chance to build natural immunity to allergens; honey is the most recognized food that supports this, but all foods play a role in getting your body acclimated to your ever-changing surroundings. A little interest in the vendors gives you the chance to find out how the foods are cared for-- how animals are fed, if harmful pesticides are used, etc.-- meaning you won't have to guess if you're still not that used to looking for things like "grassfed", "gluten free", or even "organic".

More Reasons To Support A Farmers Market:

• Locally grown and cultivated foods require very little in the way of transportation and preservatives, meaning they have a much kinder effect on the environment and ourselves
• Chances are, your grocery bill will be significantly smaller
• Vendors often have unique items (salsas, dips, trail mixes) that can't be found in large commercial stores
• They're everywhere!!! Websites like FarmersMarket.com and EatWild.com help you find all local outlets through national listings

So, yeah, I'm a geek, getting this excited about all this... but when you can find cuttings of potted "chocolate mint" that smell like the mint plants have been dipped in sultry dark chocolate, that worthy of some geekery, I'd say!