At the Market this week:
TOMATOES
Peas Peas Peas!
Blueberries
Blackberries
Fresh Pinto Beans
Homemade Breads & Sweets
Assorted peppers
Bell peppers
Green beans
Red potatoes
Swiss chard
Micro greens
Garlic
Pastured eggs
Summer squashes
Cucumbers
Pickles
Beets
Onions
Coffee (Tuesdays)
Local Honey
Pepper Jellies
Handmade Soaps
Plants - vegetables, herbs, flowers
Eggplant
Fresh Prepared Foods
Fresh herbs
Cut Flowers
Soups AND MORE!
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FRESH MARKET NEWS
TUESDAY JULY 4TH, THE MARKET WILL BE CLOSED IN HONOR OF THE HOLIDAY. The Saturday Market will be open - time to get your groceries for the big 4th of July picnics and celebration!
Ms Joan writes: GET 'EM WHILE THEY'RE HOT! They're predicting RAIN for the weekend, but the farmers and vendors will be at the market Saturday rain or shine. We endure rain, wind, severe heat, severe cold - WHY?? Because we all truly believe in what we do!
We live in a country that does not tell farmers what they have to grow and when. We are free to take educated gambles on crops, on weather, on everything, so everyone can enjoy local, fresh fruits and vegetables. Look at the flooding on the East coast right now. That could be us!
This 4th of July, remember our freedom, our country and our rights to be free and to be what we all would like to be. God bless America and our dedicated farmers. Our sense of independence is what this country is all about.
Please take a few minutes out of your busy schedule this weekend to come to Houston Farmers Market to support our local farmers, where we offer you locally grown produce - not imports from foreign countries, or trucked thousands of miles, just to sit on the shelf, full of gasses, colors added, full of pesticides.
THANK YOU for shopping locally, shopping fresh and supporting local farmers!
On Tuesdays, visit us in the parking lot of CHRIST THE KING LUTHERAN CHURCH, in Rice Village, 2353 Rice Blvd at Greenbriar. Tuesday hours are 4 PM til 7 PM, every week!
On Saturdays, you'll find us behind ONION CREEK CAFE at 3106 White Oak Drive between Heights Blvd and Studemont, in the Heights. We're there from 8 AM til noon or til sold out - whichever comes first!! Come early to avoid the heat and get the best choice!
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Real Food, Naturally: Why Local?
by Glen Boudreaux, Jolie Vue Farms
In Texas, the organic movement started in a dilapidated rented house in Austin some 35 years ago. Farmers were encouraged by its organizers to convert to non-chemical vegetable production and sell their produce directly to consumers. What happened to those free-thinkers? They became Whole Foods, now a 10 billion dollar food giant. Many would say that they betrayed their charter in the process, and there is certainly some truth in that assertion. But give them this much credit - they spurred the movement which encouraged we "eaters" to question our food's production chain, its nutritional value, and its effect on our environment and our health.
We still have a long ways to go in our thinking about good, wholesome food. The organic movement is now greatly industrialized, with the USDA having approved some 67 synthetic substances as permissible for "organic" certification. California boasts the most organic production in the US, which is where the bulk of organic produce comes from. That means that when you purchase organic produce at the store, it has been picked before maturity, traveled some 1000 miles from trailer to warehouse, then stored and held for daily delivery to various locations around the city until that supply is exhausted and the process starts again. And your assurance that this is truly organic food is dependent upon the scruples of the particular faceless corporation you are dealing with. We know that whatever the original value of that product was in the field is dissipated by the premature harvesting and the long travel and storage times of the product. And we haven't mentioned the energy and environmental costs of growing food in California for sale in Texas.
Let me reiterate with emphasis - the organic movement was a huge and positive first step in our food evolution. But let's also understand that it is not and should not be the end of our journey. Why is "local" the next step? You know your farmer, it was grown in the environment in which you live, and it was picked and consumed at the height of its nutritional value.
Eat where you live. It's a good thing.
Glen Boudreaux, Jolie Vue Farms
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Houston Farmers Market
Every Saturday from 8 AM to 12 noon, behind Onion Creek Coffee House, 3106 White Oak Drive in the Heights, between Heights Boulevard and Studewood
Every Tuesday from 4 PM to 7 PM, 2353 Rice Blvd at Greenbriar in the parking lot of Christ the King Lutheran Church
Houston Farmers Market - Market Contact: Joan Gundermann joan1@gundermannfarms.com or Janice McIntosh jmcintosh1@houston.rr.com
photo courtesy Monica Kressman
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