Today I stopped by the Orange Farmers’ Market for the first time. (I normally go to the one in Irvine by UCI since it’s on Saturdays and that used to be my only day off.) This is the one that is in The Village at Orange parking lot, right outside of Sears. Now that I stay at home with our son, I have a pick of farmers’ markets to go to throughout the week!

It still never ceases to amaze me how much more produce costs at grocery stores. For $6 at Ralph’s or Albertson’s, you can get a large clamshell of strawberries (that are most likely not organic and pesticide-free, plus they were probably shipped or trucked from out of state as well). For $6 at the farmers’ market, I got six small (pint sized?) crates of locally grown, pesticide-free strawberries, and they are deliciously sweet. There’s more than I can consume in a few days, so I gave our babysitter two of the crates, and I’m still left with what you see in the photo. Oh, and that bowl of nectarines cost me $5.

Filed by Maria in food, shopping