Monday, July 29, 2013

Farm Stand Fun!

We went to the local Farm Stand today.  Do you have a farm stand near youhttp://www.utahfarmscsa.com/local-producers.html?  Do you know the difference between a Farmer's Market and a Farm Stand? A farmer's market is a place where local growers gather to sell their goods, a farm stand is a place where goods can be sold close to their production. Near where I live there is a strip along an old highway that has farm stands set up all up and down it. You can always find fruits from the local orchards, but most sell goods from gardens too.  Farmer's Markets tend to only be open on weekends, but Farm are usually open all during the week - some even have Pick Your Own produce, which can be really fun sometimes. 



The beets were simply unique and the apricots looked like there were fake they were so beautiful.

 We even found a little spider crawling around on one of these cucumbers. How's that for fresh from the garden?!
 The corn was hauled in right while we were standing there, you could still smell the stalks and the silk was still dewy.
One last link to share, I found this reference to local growing dates and Davis county farmers. The list is Very comprehensive. and lastly, here is a link to the Utah.gov site of local produced products. How about THAT!