Sunday, June 22, 2008

Covering the farm market...

I don't know what it is about farm markets, but sometimes they can be difficult. It's just a marketplace. Just people selling things.

When you're really into the local/organic-produce-thing on a personal level, it's even harder. A great farm market is not necessarily a photogenic farm market. Athens, Ohio has a great farmer's market. But I don't find it to be photogenic at all.

Appleton's farm market is really more than decent, both in respects to buyer experience and photogenicity (oh yeah, I made that word up!). Look below and tell me those aren't the most perfect looking strawberries you've ever seen in your life...

Laura Hauer of Appleton, a senior at Lawrence University, plays Telemann's "Fantasie" on the violin for the masses at the Downtown Appleton Farm Market in Appleton, Wis., Saturday morning, June 21, 2008.

Pat Vik of Appleton walks through the Downtown Appleton Farm Market with a fresh bouquet in Appleton, Wis., Saturday morning, June 21, 2008.

Green onions sit on display for sale at the Downtown Appleton Farm Market in Appleton, Wis., Saturday morning, June 21, 2008.

Strawberries of Neenah's Oakridge Farm photographed at the Downtown Appleton Farm Market in Appleton, Wis., Saturday morning, June 21, 2008.

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