Sunday, June 28, 2009

... I was disappointed

So I have lived in Calgary for just over 2 years now and until this past Saturday I had not been to the Calgary Farmers Market. I have been out to Millerville and loved the market there. We were out on Saturday and decided to just stop by and see how it was. Simply put I was disappointed. I would say that over 70% for the fruit and veggies there are NOT even from Alberta. It is all imported from the US. I wouldn't really call this a farmers market. It is more like a bunch of small supermarkets. I have been watching 100 mile diet on the Food Channel, I would like to try over the summer to eat 100 mile fruits and veggies. We are not ready to jump in and eat 100% 100 mile just yet. I did find some local produce at the market. We purchased asparagus and rhubarb. It was very yummy. I had never eaten raw asparagus so I tried it and it tastes like sweet snap peas. I am going to drive out to Millerville this weekend to go to a real farmers market.