A way to encourage your neighbors to eat healthier is by starting or visiting a farmers’ market in your community.  At a farmers’ market, you can sell your own fruits and vegetables if you grow any or you can buy other farmers’ food.  This is a way to make friends and eat foods that you know will help your body fight diseases and illnesses.   

If you don’t know what a farmers’ market is or if you are interested in checking one out, come down to East Palo Alto (EPA) and see one for yourself.  The EPA Farmers’ Market started on Saturday, June 13^th.  The market is open on Saturdays from 2-5 p.m. to anyone interested in eating fruits and veggies from local farmers and growers.  The new location is at City Hall/the Library, across Bay Road and University Avenue.  A great new feature that this Farmers’ Market has is that they will now be taking EBT (Electronic Benefits Transfer)/food stamps, WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) checks and Senior FMNP checks!  Also, if you qualify, you could get $5 to spend at the Farmers’ Market.  If you would like more information go to www.epafarmersmarket.org.   

EPA is just one of the many locations that people have for farmers’ market in the bay area.  By just clicking here, you can find out where the farmers’ markets are located throughout San Mateo County.  Aren’t technology and the Internet just great? 

Why not try something new?  Come to a farmers’ market near you and try out some of the food. Don’t forget that all the money that you spend there will circulate in the community. Get your friends or family members together and go to a farmers’ market.  You never know, it might just be the best food you have ever tasted!