Farmers' Market Adventures: Blog Reports

America celebrates National Farmers Market Week, August 2-8! First proclaimed in 2000 by the US Secretary of Agriculture, National Farmers Market Week gives 4,800 farmers markets and their fans something to celebrate. As families increasingly buy direct from farmers, they are discovering a fresh source of local food while strengthening their communities.

What could be more fun than blogging about farmers' markets?! From coast to coast, this group of Allrecipes Supporting Members LOVES farmers' markets! Read about what they're finding, the field-fresh produce they're taking home and cooking, and their favorite summertime recipes. From strawberry shortcake to strawberry jam, you'll be inspired too!

Oregon's finest inspires this farmers' market maven. Rain or shine, she visits markets in Sandy, Gresham, and Portland to select from a bounty of fresh veggies, mushrooms, and strawberries.

Springfield, Illinois, is where this cook finds her farmers' market produce. Along with local peaches, she's taken happily carried home fresh bread, honey, and green beans.

A move from Riverside, California, back to L.A., her beloved hometown, inspires this cook's happiness and renewed visits to area farmers' markets. She loves tasting samples and getting to know the farmers.

From spinach and fresh basil, to fava beans and fennel, this Southern California mom visits her local farmers' market, maintains two raised garden beds, and  delights in weekly deliveries of a CSA box.

Exploring Seattle's many farmers' markets is a summer mission of this cook, and a welcome distraction from a home remodel. Transplanted from Wisconsin and an avid cook, she loves discovering local cheeses as much as farm-fresh vegetables.

This San Francisco cook loves soups, cherries, cooking for friends, and shopping weekly at farmers' markets where fruits and produce inspire her kitchen creations.