By Lauren Antkowiak As the summer begins, certain fruits and vegetables bloom in season. It’s the perfect time to enjoy foods such as strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, cherries, peaches, oranges, nectarines, watermelon, summer squash, honeydew, and plums. Not to mention mangos, sweet corn, c...

By Lauren Antkowiak

As the summer begins, certain fruits and vegetables bloom in season. It’s the perfect time to enjoy foods such as strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, cherries, peaches, oranges, nectarines, watermelon, summer squash, honeydew, and plums. Not to mention mangos, sweet corn, cucumbers, green beans, kale, radishes, beets, avocado, spinach, arugula, basil, thyme, chives, mint, and many more. You can find all of these delicious foods at your local Farmer’s Market. These ingredients can be combined to make delicious and healthy meals throughout the summer while also helping you save money. How is that possible though?

Getting food at a Farmer’s Market ensures that you are getting the best bang for your buck. In some cases, food may be a little more expensive, but you know you are getting the best quality while supporting your local community and businesses. You know the food you are getting is fresh and contains no processed ingredients or pesticides. Reassuring one that the food is safe to eat and also giving you an earlier start on cooking meals because of needing less prep time to clean your food of those chemicals. Shopping at a Farmer’s Market also helps you stay on budget. Since you already know how fresh and healthy the food is, it deters you from ordering out so often, leading to a healthier diet and cutting back on extra expenses. With all that fresh food in your house, you can plan out your meals weekly, which helps leads to a healthier lifestyle and helps save you money because you will want to use all the food you purchased before it goes to waste. So if you are lucky enough to be near a Farmer’s Market, take advantage of it and get fresh delicious foods for the best prices. June is a wonderful time of the year for a variety of produce, so get out to the market and start picking!