What does Oakmont Farmers Market Mean To You?
Maybe it's the heat, maybe it's changes in my life, maybe it's just hormones (who knows!), but I am feeling awfully sentimental about our dear Oakmont Farmers Market lately.
I just can't help but feel so fortunate to have a Market close to my home where I can buy the best.
Although growing seasons are short for so many fruits and vegetables, I can honestly say that no supermarket has given me such red juicy strawberries, sweet heirloom tomatoes, tender spinach, sweet corn bursting with flavor, like those at the Farmers Market. I certainly don't want to forget the meat and poultry - have you had the pork roll, the chicken breasts, and the bison jerky?
While, yes, the Market is putting yummy food in my tummy, it's also providing great lessons to my young daughter...
What does Oakmont Farmers Market mean to you?
Jennifer Sanders, HTFMA
I just can't help but feel so fortunate to have a Market close to my home where I can buy the best.
Although growing seasons are short for so many fruits and vegetables, I can honestly say that no supermarket has given me such red juicy strawberries, sweet heirloom tomatoes, tender spinach, sweet corn bursting with flavor, like those at the Farmers Market. I certainly don't want to forget the meat and poultry - have you had the pork roll, the chicken breasts, and the bison jerky?
While, yes, the Market is putting yummy food in my tummy, it's also providing great lessons to my young daughter...
- walking to buy your food provides exercise and saves gasoline
- supporting our local farmers who really believe in nourishing people is vital to a healthy population (as opposed to the giant agriculture behemoths creating food in labs who are just looking at the bottom line, but that's for another day)
- meeting up with friends as we pick out our favorite Asian pears, scented soaps and flowers is fun
- helping neighbors by taking their orders when they can't get to the Market is kind
What does Oakmont Farmers Market mean to you?
Jennifer Sanders, HTFMA
posted by Oakmont Farmers Market at
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To me, the Oakmont Farmers Market means COMMUNITY. Perhaps it's because I had just moved to the area from New Jersey a few months before it got started, but the market has been the way I have gotten to know neighbors and make friends ever since. Not only have I met people who share a commitment to healthy eating and living, but I have met people who share a commitment to EACH OTHER -- a rare thing in our fragmented 21st century society. So when I fractured my ankle this past fall and was hobbling on crutches, I not only had neighborhood residents but also the farmers themselves offering to help me get my groceries! In an age where people rarely talk to each other if it's not on a cell phone (including supermarket cashiers when you're in line trying to check out at the store!), I have come to rely on the person-to-person conversations at the market for vital information about the area's businesses, events, politics, recreation, and life! To me, the Oakmont Farmers' Market means having found a place to call home in Pennslvania, in Delaware County, in Haverford Township, in Havertown.
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