Farmers Market: Local, Fresh and In-Season Book

Updated for the 2023 Produce Season! Includes FREE farmers' market lesson plan curriculum! 

Encourage families to shop their local farmers’ market & eat in-season produce with this freshly-updated book!  

What’s inside?

• 22 popular fruits & vegetables featured

• How to select, store, & prepare in-season produce

• Tips for shopping smart, wasting less & saving money

• 70+ delicious, creative & uncomplicated recipes & cooking tips

Now in it's 10th year, this book features selection, storage, preparation and 70 plus recipes & cooking tips for 22 popular fruits and vegetables - apples, blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, broccoli, carrots, corn, cucumbers, green beans, spinach, leaf lettuce, cantaloupe, watermelon, honeydew melon, sugar snap peas, snow peas, bell peppers, butternut squash, buttercup squash, acorn squash, tomatoes and zucchini. Packed with colorful photographs and helpful tips that promote the MyPlate concepts and the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. 

Books are eligible for bulk discount pricing when ordering more than 250 books. Combine our books (English and Spanish) for a quantity discount! Pricing is listed under "Buy in Bulk and Save". 

Book is 6" x 8.5" with 33 pages.  Available in English and Spanish.

Copyright 2023. 

Praise for Farmers' Market: Local, Fresh and In Season:

"I love the beautiful illustrations of the identified food items with the recipes, the various creative preparation of fruits and vegetables, simple and doable recipes, colorful! colorful! colorful!"  

   - Honolulu Community Action Program, Inc.  

 "Tips and recipes are throughout the book with pictures is engaging. Like What's in Season? at the beginning of the book. Supports local farmers and all farmers markets."  

    - Minnesota WIC Clinic  

"The book has great recipes and tips for families. I love how it mentions when certain fruits and veggies are in season or not. "  

    - The Children's Program at the University of Alabama

 "I love focusing on fruits and vegetables when I prepare a meal.  This book was rich with recipes and storage tips, so I won't waste my money."  

   - Head Start Nutrition Specialist  

Read More in SNEB's Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior  

NO PHOTOCOPYING

Author: Cheryl Yarrington, RDN, MS, CD, CLE

© Nutrition Matters Inc.  

Reading Level: Flesch Kincaid - 3.96; SMOG - 7.08