Here's to a Healthy New Year!

Can you believe that it’s 2012? Where did the past year go? Usually, when the new year rolls around we make a list of resolutions that eventually falls by the wayside as the months pass. This year, let’s make it simple. Keep that promise to yourself  -  resolve to visit your farmers’ market for fresh, healthy, and delicious [...]

A Fresh Holiday

There’s nothing like the smell of fresh greenery this time of year, and your local farmers’ market offers fresh wreaths, poinsettias, and living trees for all your holiday decorating. Make them last through the season with some of these simple care tips. Main Street Nursery at the Concord Farmers’ Market has wonderful poinsettias and small [...]

The holidays are easy at the farmers’ market

‘Tis the season for holiday baking and cooking and there’s no better place to find interesting and tasty ingredients than your local farmers’ market. Freshness and quality are the first considerations and you won’t find better than here.

Fresh eggs, a baking necessity, are here from Great Valley Poultry, both brown and white. Sweet honey is [...]

Fresh California Citrus for the Holidays

Oranges, tangerines, grapefruit, lemons, and pomellos are here to brighten up the holidays. Serve them sliced fresh in salads and desserts, juice them for holiday beverages, or decorate them with cloves for centerpieces. California used to be known for its acres and acres of oranges and other citrus in years gone by. Though not in [...]