Why the Farmers' Market is so Important

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="id92.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fall WreathsSupport a Farming family"><U><IMG SRC="0690b0b0.png" border=0 width="11" height="11" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>   <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="11" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="11">       <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="11" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="11">   <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="11" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="11"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="1aba3da0.jpg" border=0 width="163" height="218" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Out-of-the Box Foods--</B></div> <div> <B>Chilies from Cahuilla</B></div> <div> <B>Farm, August 2004.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Photo Copyright, 2004</B></div> <div> <B>Leslie Goldman,</B></div> <div> <B>Your Enchanted Gardener</B></div> <div> <B>If you would like a high</B></div> <div> <B>resolution of this photo</B></div> <div> <B>suitable for framing,</B></div> <div> <B>please email Leslie</B></div> <div> <B>at </B><A HREF="mail to: friendofthefarm@cox.net" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mail to: friendofthefarm@cox.net"><U><B>friendofthefarm@cox.net</B></U></A><B>.</B></div> <div> <B>8x10 copies suitable</B></div> <div> <B>for framing are $10.00</B></div> <div> <B>plus 7.75 Sales Tax</B></div> <div> <B>in California, and</B></div> <div> <B>$2.00 shipping.</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Friend of the Farm</B></FONT>    |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Friend of the Farm"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> Why the Farmers' Market is so Important</div> <bR> <div> This page is <B>Food for Thought:</B></div> <div> Send Comments to </div> <div> Leslie Goldman,</div> <div> Your Enchanted Gardener</div> <div> at <A HREF="mailto: friendofthefarm@cox.net" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto: friendofthefarm@cox.net"><U>Friendofthefarm@cox.net</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>The easiest way</B></div> <div> <B>to cripple our</B></div> <div> <B>world is to take</B></div> <div> <B>away the foods</B></div> <div> <B> that help our Soul</B></div> <div> <B>connect</B></div> <div> <B>to our body.  </B></div> <div> <B>The most</B></div> <div> <B>sensible way to</B></div> <div> <B>solve our food crisis is to support</B></div> <div> <B> our local</B></div> <div> <B>organic farmer</B></div> <div> <B>at our Farmers'</B></div> <div> <B>Market.  Gi Joe</B></div> <div> <B>once defended</B></div> <div> <B>our nation's </B></div> <div> <B>security. </B></div> <div> <B>Now Joe</B></div> <div> <B>the Farmer</B></div> <div> <B> is on the</B></div> <div> <B> frontline</B></div> <div> <B>protecting </B></div> <div> <B>our national </B></div> <div> <B>security.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>"Not knowing</B></div> <div> <B>who's growing</B></div> <div> <B>your food is like</B></div> <div> <B>being intimate</B></div> <div> <B> with a stranger!"</B></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>