This week is Farmers Market Week presented by Loving Local: Celebrating the Flavors of Massachusetts. Tinky from In Our Grandmothers’ Kitchen asked Wicked Domestic to participate in the Farmers Market Week blogathon to raise awareness of our local farming culture. I feel like everyday I see in the newspaper that another farm has fallen victim to the current recession and is forced to close its (barn) doors. Local agriculture is so important to the way we eat locally and to the local economy. It seems that in the last decade there has been a huge resurgence of eating and supporting locally grown entities, which is such a huge step in the right direction. Raising awareness is key in this process, so I hope all of you reading this will go out and support your local farmers markets and purchase some of the outstanding harvest that Massachusetts farms have to offer. In addition, if you’re feeling extra charitable, please visit the donation page on the Mass Farmers Market page.
Elizabeth and I were so excited to be participating in the blogathon and be involved in Farmers Market Week, we hoofed it over to Boston’s City Hall Plaza on Friday to check out Greenfest 2010. As the website explains, Boston’s Greenfest is “the region’s largest multicultural environmental festival that celebrates the many ways we can create a better world by greening our lives and our communities”. The festival was chock full of local vendors, performances, speakers and presentations, green fashions shows, tips on healthy living and exercise. Here are a few things we saw…
Greenfest 2010
Me posing with me new favorite eco friendly snack, Popchips!
Eliz was swooning over these green house cleaners
"So Berry Clean" berries for your laundry...an alternative to harsh detergents. Interesting...
All the different vendors
Elizabeth posing her some "green" information handouts
While we were at City Hall Plaza, we walked through Haymarket to see some of the fresh fruits and veggies
More fruits and veggies at Haymarket
Elizabeth and I had such a good time walking through all the different Greenfest vendors and checking out all there is to offer out there. Thanks again to Tinky from In Our Grandmothers’ Kitchen , we hope this blogathon is eye opening for everyone to start turning to our local farmers for fruits and vegetables and other local companies.
- Jackie
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