If the bruised tomatoes, wilted lettuce, and spoiled squash at your neighborhood grocery are getting you down, try your local farmers market for fresh produce. The USDA website here is a listing of . You can find a Farmers Market in your state here. They are not quite as nice as the numerous public markets in Vancouver, or even the single large public markets in Seattle and Columbus, but better than nothing. Yes I know about DCs Eastern Market, but it only has a large selection of produce on the weekends as opposed to the every day selection of the other markets listed.

I started listing all of the Farmers Markets in Arlington, Fairfax, and Alexandria, but quickly realized there were just too many to fit here! Check out the list; buy fresh produce, live longer.

For the grammar Nazis in the listening audience, shouldn’t it be Farmers’ Market(s) and not, as the USDA has it, Farmers Market?