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Summer Guide: Chef Chris Becker shares tips (and recipes!) for making the most of farmers markets
Be flexible. Going in with a recipe in mind is fine, but the magic of farmers market cooking is finding the best fresh ingredients and making them work for you.
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Farmers markets connect growers and consumers for the freshest local produce
“We have consumers that have a desire to be involved in their community or at least to know their community,” said Meriruth Cohenour, Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food & Forestry agritourism coordinator.
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Oklahoma Grown helps local farmers markets
Approved applicants are eligible for $2,000 to $3,500.
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Find heirloom veggies at local markets and mom-and-pop farms
Have you ever stopped to consider how far the produce at your local grocery store has traveled?
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It’s easy being green
Susan Graff Photo by Shannon Cornman There was a time not too long ago when it was difficult to find out where your food came from. More specifically, we all know where food comes from, but not in the sense that we have any inkling of the person who picked the potato or carrot on […]
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Mark it down for Saturday
BY: Shannon Cornman While market-fresh shopping has hit a peak in popularity in recent years, Edmond Farmers Market has highlighted local growers and craftsmen since 1988. Multiple rows of vendors at Edmond Festival Market Place, 30 W. First St., stock everything from vegetables, fruit and cheese to soaps, honey and fresh flowers. There are native […]
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To market
You purchase a handful of vegetables or fruits from a grocery store, but within a day or two, they’ve gotten soft, discolored and downright inedible? There’s got to be an easier way! There is: farmers’ markets. While they’ve been a staple of many communities in the metro for years, they’re garnering more popularity as consumers […]