by Melanie Albert, Intuitive Cooking Expert, Award-winning Author of  cookbook, “A New View of Healthy Eating:  Simple Intuitive Eating with Real Whole Foods”, Founder & CEO Experience Nutrition Group, LLC, in Phoenix, Arizona Get inspired at your local farmers market. It’s National Farmers Market Week in the USA, and today, as almost always on Saturday, I visited one of my favorite farmers’ markets, the Downtown Phoenix Farmers Market. This market opened in 2005, just after I moved back to Phoenix and I have to say I’m so glad it did. A few reasons why I love this farmers’ market:

• Organic Farmers. Three local organic certified small farmers sell their produce at this market. For me, this is key, as I focus on eating organic (no pesticides and no herbicides) and I personally know the farmers and have visited their farms around our Valley of the Sun.

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• Community. There’s such a sense of friendly community with the vendors and people who visit the market. People who attend the market are true friends with the farmers and are happy to catchup on life and food. Plus, it’s fun to see how much people who attend the market have so much fun meeting other like-minded people at the market. Personal note, today, I met 3 people who work with American Airlines, a pilot and two flight attendants, which was interesting as my Mom was an Airline Stewardess in the 1950’s with American. Small world.

• Fun. Going to the farmers’ market is fun. A great place to be on Saturday morning. Once a month, I teach the Taste of the Market Cooking Demo, where I shop the market and then show our Phoenix community how to intuitively prepare fresh, healthy dishes. Plus, the market offers demos including gardening, composting, and today they hosted a Watermelon Eating Contest.

For my Arizona friends, I’ll be leading the Taste of the Market on August 25, 2018, 10am. Hope to see you!

  Interested in learning simple culinary skills and intuitive cooking, purchase my cookbook, “A New View of Healthy Eating:  Simple Intuitive Cooking with Real Whole Foods.” I’ll gift wrap and mail a copy to you. Join my Simple Daily Plant-Based Eating Tips FB Group and get daily food and cooking tips. Interested in a cooking workshop, team building or corporate wellness event, would love to chat…