A FARMERS MARKET PARADISE-MY WORLD, MY WAY, TODAY

My world is in central Pennsylvania. We are spoiled with the abundance of fresh fruits and vegetables offered at the many Farmer's Markets. Have you ever eaten corn picked fresh from the field that morning? How about blueberries, blackberries, cherries, red raspberries? I can't imagine a summer lunch without a big juicy fresh picked tomato. Most people these days depend on buying their produce from the super markets. The produce is picked before it is ripe and shipped across the country in trucks. Not only do you lose most of the flavor, but also most of the vitamins. Consumers have no idea what insecticides and preservatives they are digesting into their bodies everyday. Yes, we're spoiled here in central Pennsylvania with our fresh grown organic produce, but our growing season don't last long. Yet, if you can buy yourself a freezer and pressure cooker, you can preserve all that produce to last through the long winters. And come September and October you can buy bushels of produce for a fraction of the cost.

Is your mouth watering looking at the huge ear of corn, with lots of butter, salt and pepper? We bought this corn off the back of a farmers truck, he picks the corn that morning and parks in front of K-Mart everyday. Many farmers just sit up a roadside stand. Every Thursday and Saturday we have a farmers market in our downtown area. A great place to mingle with the community and support our local farmers.