How to go shopping to the market. 8 tips Bashny.Net

Farmers ' markets are now at the peak of their stalls are overflowing with fresh fruits and vegetables. And it's time to stock up on local, seasonal produce for the winter, freeze, ferment or preserve. Here are some useful tips for beginners from the professionals.





1. Early in the morning

It is best to go to a food market early in the morning when there is still not jostle people and there are mothers with strollers. The choice in the morning is always more and more diverse. And most importantly, in the morning come the producers themselves: the farmers, the peasants, gardeners. Find this place! They will quickly sell their goods and go back home. Then they sell the dealers.

2. Take a certain amount of money

A trip to the farmer's market is a cost — effective way to shop, you can bargain, and most importantly - to obtain fresh and natural products. But it's also an easy way to overspend if you're not careful. Know your budget and stick to it, take only a limited amount of money.

3. Avoid finished products

The market is often offered products already cooked, and it often happens that it is much more expensive than the products themselves, such as gourmet cheeses, jam, twist, sweets. Learn to cook it yourself, and buy only the primary products.

4. Do not overdo it, if you plan to eat fresh

On the market are often dazzled from the abundance of Goodies. Don't let your eyes be bigger than your stomach. Buy a reasonable amount to feed hungry mouths at home and not to throw away food. Of course, if you are not buying wholesale, twist...

5. Take it until the season

If you want to prepare twist for the winter, now do the time. You can negotiate with the farmer at the end of the day and everything that is not sold, pick up at a cheap price. Or to agree with him so next week he brought you all that you need.

But first and foremost always buy to eat, not to spin. You fill up on vitamins while they are fresh.

6. Communicate, arrange, bargain

Gradually train yourself to communicate with people, this is not a supermarket where you want to silently remove the packages from the shelves and put it on the barcode. Think of a trip to the market, as a reunion with old friends. If the last time he sold you a good product, praise it, if bad, will pobrania. But do not be silent!

Soon you will know everyone and you all will know. You will not sell stale goods, and are always bonus will give another handful. Compare prices and bargain at the market stand boring without trade.

You should return to the market is not only full of food but full of positive emotions. This is something you will never get at the supermarket.

Remember! Going to the market, you are voting with your wallet for the development of a local farmer, not some big faceless grocery corporations.

7. Be a conscious buyer.

Going to the market be sure to bring everything you need: fabric bag or a bag, jar with lid, pouches for cereals. Try to use less plastic and cellophane.

Remember, you motivate people to do the same and it can reduce the amount of plastic garbage in the society.

Use a Bicycle or a wheelbarrow instead of a car. Don't go to Central market without special needs, prefer local gathering place for truckers and farmers.

8. Don't stick to the list

Going to the farmer's market, accustom themselves to live not on the list and on solar cycles, seasonal. Every time look out for those products that the time of ripening. Our consumer culture is incredibly rich and varied, but you will understand it when you begin to look out for and to try everything that gives our land. Sometimes our grandmother bring such strange things that even the Internet is hard to find. And they cost pennies.

We must revive the diversity of our food and the biodiversity of our land.

 

P. S. And remember, only by changing their consumption — together we change the world! ©

 

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