Have you ever been to a farmer's market? The square is alive with people, and music floats through the air. Everywhere you look are fresh, home-grown foods. A man sells his fresh-cut soap next to a woman who makes extremely useful-looking clay sponge holders.
There's a certain exhilaration that comes from buying food that has been grown in the same soil you walk over every day. The health benefits have been outlined in all the great medical journals, but I'm speaking only of aesthetics. To know that your food is fresh, pesticide free, and(in the case of the delicious honey wheat rolls I purchased) hand-made. It really does taste better, and the atmospehere makes a shopping trip turn into a beautiful saturday morning outing.
What an incredible place I've chosen to live, that fosters this kind of event every warm weekend. The carrots, broccoli, and rolls have been feeding me well. Growing up in a farming region, I have always had access to fresh greens, but I wish everyone was so lucky. There are studies that show the more green and natural an area is, the lower the crime rating. Perhaps it's time for nature to become part of our lives again, hm?
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