I always drive by the produce stand at Madison Street and 111 and can see the strawberries growing in the field behind the stand. The kids and I always are amazed we can see them from so far away and we know they must be big!
So I finally stopped there to see how the prices were and if there was anything I "needed." I did get some strawberries; I got an overflowing pint for $2.99. I don't mind paying a bit more for local produce that I can see growing. There were no carbon emissions during the transport of the strawberries from field to stand (except the breathing person carrying them there...)!
I also got artichokes at $1 each; not a bad price, but I made sure to pick out the biggest ones I could find. ;-)
They had a couple other items like asparagus and broccoli.
All of it looked good and all of it was VERY local. :-)
Tonight we are hosting the in-laws and having pork chops with squash-rice casserole. This is one of my stand-by recipes, but it is a good one, a cooking light recipe, and one that gets the kids eating zucchini willingly.
I won't be able to post my plan for next week for a bit...for some reason I didn't get the weekly ads today! It is going to throw off my schedule, but oh well. Nothing I can do but check the stores' websites.
Good luck to you!
--Katie
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