06.29.09

market week 2009

Last year I did a little experiment that I called market week where I bought all my groceries including milk, cheese, meat, vegetables and bread at the greenmarket. It was really fun and I’ve found that in the year since, I do about 75% of my shopping at the market, which makes me really happy. I love seeing the farmers and people who make the food that I put in my body and knowing how much they care about what they’re doing.

This year I wanted to do market week again, but there needed to be something bigger and better about it. That’s where YOU come in. Please join me in market week 2009, a week where we buy everything from the farmer’s market, a farm stand, a local CSA or even grow it in our own gardens and create delicious meals. Maybe you can’t do a whole week, maybe you can just commit a day, whatever it is, I’d love to have you participate.

I realize this is quite a heads up, but I’m hoping to get people excited and thinking about what they’d like to do for market week. We all love delicious, fresh food and hopefully this little experiment will allow everyone share their goods and see what’s in season across the country (and hopefully around the world).

How it works:
Buy your groceries
Make a list and visit your local farmers market to buy your groceries for the week.

Photograph your goods and upload to our flickr group:
Whether it’s at the market or in your kitchen, photograph what you’ve purchased and upload the photos to out market week flickr group right here. I can’t wait to see what’s in season around the country.

Make delicious meals and upload to our flickr group:
Now here’s the fun part. Create a week’s worth of meals and upload your photos to the flickr group.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at kelly(at)carambula.com or ask questions in the comments section.

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14 Comments so far

  1. Kate June 29th, 2009 12:42 pm

    I was just telling my boyfriend that I want to try to buy most of our groceries at the farmers market once a week! So this is a great excuse to push myself to really do it, I’m totally in.

  2. life according to celia June 29th, 2009 1:38 pm

    we’ve really been trying to do a lot of this lately, so i am definitely on board and excited about the challenge. it’s so important for ALL OF US to support our local farmers. thank you for coming up with such a brilliant idea and, hopefully, getting other people as enthused as i am. :)

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  4. Kelly June 30th, 2009 7:25 am

    woohoo! kate and celia I’m happy your on board!

  5. caroline June 30th, 2009 12:46 pm

    ooh, we’re in!!!

  6. b*schus July 2nd, 2009 8:46 am

    I am very excited to join you on this! If you have time, it would be great if you could give some photography tips before market week. Thanks!

  7. lydia j. July 6th, 2009 1:37 pm

    love the idea! i’m just getting this side of my blogging adventure started and i think Market Week will be a great addition. i don’t twitter so i’ll just link to your page with my posts next week. yay!

  8. Shaw Girl July 9th, 2009 3:04 pm

    This is a FANTASTIC idea! I’m a huge, huge, huge proponent of buying local from farms and farmers market and I go to the farmers market every week for my groceries! I will definitely participate and spread the word on my blog!

  9. Thrifty DC Cook July 9th, 2009 3:19 pm

    I’ll be out of town this weekend and half of next week so I’m going to have to skip out. But I have already forwarded this link to my foodie friends!

  10. Shaw Girl July 10th, 2009 12:13 am

    I posted an entry about this on my blog! So happy to be participating!

  11. steven mandzik July 11th, 2009 1:50 am

    Foodie friend of Thrifty DC Cook here. Im definitely in but no need for me to change my habits. I already purchase nearly everything from the market. That which I dont comes from Whole Foods but only from their bulk items or local produce.

    I will def have to take some pics and share them with the group.

    PS - I also run a non-profit (http://acleanlife.org) about this and zero waste. So im totally into this stuff.

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