Farmers Markets and Fruit Stands in Stanislaus County - Part 1
In my part of the world here in California we are world famous for the variety of crops grown here. Northern and Central California including Stanislaus County is among the worlds leaders in several crops. Among the crops grown here are almonds, walnuts, peaches, apricots, nectarines, cherries, strawberries, pistachios, melons and lots and lots of other things.
Another thing we are famous for are many road side fruit stands and several farmers markets. In this part of the state you can go to a different farmers market almost every day of the week. On some days you can even find more than one farmers market.
This is the first post of what will be several about area farmers markets. Today's farmers market is the one held at Vintage Faire Mall in Modesto. This farmers market is held on Sunday mornings from 9am - 2pm from May to October. Today we made a trip there to check it out.
Some of the things available today were cherries, strawberries, artichokes, honey, humus, olive oils and flowers. We stopped to sample the humus at Humus Heaven. They offer several different varieties of flavored humus and pita breads. We ended up buying some Artichoke humus and Basil and Sun Dried Tomato humus along with some wheat pita bread. At another stand we picked up some artichokes to go along tonight's dinner.
The Vintage Faire Mall farmers market is kind of small but that means it is easy to see everything. Like all the farmers markets in this area the variety of fruits and vegetables available will change as the season goes along. I'm looking forward to picking up some fresh peaches , nectarines and plums in the coming months.
The summer and early fall are a great time to visit Stanislaus County and Northern California to visit our local farmers markets. You can pick up some of the freshest fruits and vegetables any where.
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