August is NH Eat Local Month..How are you celebrating?

Buying your food locally is good for your health, your environment and your community. Simply put, buying local means to buy food produced, grown or raised as close to your home as possible.

Local food is fresher and tastes better than food shipped from other countries or states. Local food is hundreds or even thousands of miles fresher and fresher foods make for better tasting foods. Fruits and vegetables shipped in from distant states or countries can take one to two weeks before they arrive in the supermarket. As a result, food is less fresh and contains fewer nutrients. In order to increase shelf-life for lengthy transport, foods are treated with preservatives, grown with pesticides and even subjected to irradiation.

Small, local farms are generally more environmentally friendly than large-scale industrial agriculture operations. Small family farms tend to utilize sustainable farming techniques, often raising organic products without pesticides and other harmful chemicals.

August is NH Eat Local Month, and what better time to celebrate and enjoy all that our local food community has to offer! Salem is so fortunate to have Peters Farm Stand  opened daily and the Salem NH Farmers Market where we offer every week the vendors bringing their own NH & MA grown and raised products.  The Salem NH Farmers Market offers fresh produce, fruit, Dairy Raw Milk and other products, grass fed meats, cheeses, honey, jams, relishes, maple syrup, eggs, breads, bake goods, spinach pie, granola, natural soaps and lotions and more.  

The Farmers Market is open every Sunday 10-2 through October 20 and our winter market November through May, hosted by Lake Street Garden Center. Come and try the true flavors of buying fresh buying local!

Visit our web site for more information www.salemnhfarmersmarket.com

Or be fan on facebook https://www.facebook.com/salemnhfarmersmarket?ref=hl

Buying fresh and local offers your family the highest in nutrients and shelf life.

See you at the Market

Jane Lang

Volunteer Market Coordinator