Theory has it not to shop for food at the supermarket or other food venues when we’re hungry because we’ll just buy items that we don’t really need. A bag of chips in your cart or some other easy eatable? But when I go to a farmers market I like to nibble on local food as I visit various vendors. The thing is you need to have hand food at farmers’ markets to accomplish this–in au natural fashion, of course.
Baklava at Mulberry Delicacies and cheese at Spring Day Creamery, Brunswick Winter Market
At the Portland Winter Farmers’ Market, there’s scant opportunity to nibble while shopping, though maintaining your locavore status is essentially a given. For a snack-and-shop experience, the one exception is at Swallowtail Farm where farmer Lauren Pignatello features her baked goods at her stand. This past Sunday she brought giant scones studded with local berries. But elsewhere that’s about it unless you like eating raw eggs, chickens, potatoes, beets, and more at the market.
