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Farmer's markets offer fresh alternatives to produce from who-knows-where
By Debbie Gardner
PRIME Editor
Do you know where your food comes from?
I mean, really know?
With 1,251 Americans sickened since April by a Salmonella outbreak first linked to round, red tomatoes then cilantro, then avocados, and finally attributed to jalapeno and serrano peppers grown in Mexico nagging questions about the origins and safety of the foods we buy and eat are becoming harder to ignore.
But there is an alternative to worrying about what you buy, or peppering supermarket clerks with questions about the farm or country of origin of those peppers or peaches or lettuce or hamburgers.
And it's as close as your local farm stand or area farmer's market.
Here in Western Massachusetts, we are fortunate to live in a region ripe with places to purchase fresh, locally-grown foodstuffs from fruits and vegetables to milk, cheeses, meats and even honey.
In fact, if you visit one of these markets you'll probably be buying your groceries from the farmers who produced them.
"I think a number of people are concerned about food safety," Belle Rita Novak, manager of the Farmer's Market at the "X" in Springfield told PRIME during a Tuesday afternoon interview at the market. "This year we are extremely busy."
And the "X" Farmer's Market isn't the only location that's seeing an uptick this season. According to a June press release from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, a record 23 new farmer's markets "the most ...
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