Do you know where your fruit and vegetables are grown? Do you know if pesticides cover your fruits and vegetables? In Boyertown, PA, on Saturday mornings, shoppers can find in season fresh fruit and vegetables at the Boyertown Farmers Market located on W. Reading Ave in the parking lot of the Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles. The produce and meats come from the local farms so you can actually talk to the people that are providing the food. Some of the items that can be purchased at the Boyertown Farmers Market are in season fruits and vegetables, cage free chicken, grass-fed beef and woodlot pork. All the poultry and meat products are anti-biotic and additional hormone free which means that the meat is tastier and juicier and healthier then factory farm meat products. Since a clean environment is necessary in order to raise healthy animals, the risk of e-coli infection is extremely low. Also, small farmers can’t afford to have “downer cows” or sick animals on their premises because of possible cross contamination with healthy animals. With that in mind, there is no risk of “mad cow disease”. There’s another benefit to buying from local farmers which is less fuel is needed to transport the food. And then there’s the taste… yum… nothing like fresh from the garden. Support your local farmer.
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So if you find yourself in the Boyertown area on a Saturday morning, stop by the Boyertown Farmers Market.
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