From Taste Daily: Back in Business
When the Headhouse Farmers’ Market set up under the shambles at 2nd and Lombard streets last summer, it was a major moment in Philadelphia food. Finally, we had something to compare to New York’s famous Union Square Greenmarket, a place where the food community — chefs, locavores, food writers, etc. — converged every Sunday morning to buy directly from our region’s growers.
Starting this weekend, the market is open for 2008. The earliest weeks of the season bring things like ramps and asparagus. It’s not the cornucopia of tomatoes and squash of July, but the market’s opening will mean the return of major sources of humanely raised meats, including Hendrick’s farms excellent bacon. Filling your shopping bags with local fare is a good feeling, but the fun of attending the market and taking part in this vibrant community is even better. Don’t miss your first chance of the year to support our local farmers and the Food Trust, the nonprofit that makes it happen.
Photo courtesy of Lancasteronline.com; by Jeff Ruppenthal, Sunday News.
April 29th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
Even cooler is the City Hall Farmers Market begining 5/14. Story on my blog. Locally grown food. Two vendors will be run by youths.