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October 01, 2008
October means tasty market eats
It's damp and it's October, but the Portland Farmers' Market remains in full swing. In fact, most of the vendors plan on showing up until Thanksgiving. Today I loaded up on lots of fall goodies, including Brussels sprouts, beets, fingerling potatoes, rainbow chard and apples. I went early to make sure I could get my hands on some of the season's last high-bush blueberries. I was told this may be the end of them, but then again I heard the same last week. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed for more at Saturday's market.
The market was full of kids this morning. While I was there, a bus rolled up and dropped off the K-1 classes from Waynflete School. The students were there searching out specific vegetables and planned to set up their own market once they got back to school.
As I mentioned last week in my post about all the artists at the market, there's much more to this event than raw veggies, fresh eggs and frozen meats. Here my sister is picking up some baked goods from Elise Richer at Cream & Sugar Bakery.

Mike from Lakonia is at the market every Wednesday. He's there representing his family's business, which owns olive groves in Greece, imports the olives to its facility in Saco and presses them into the most exquisite, unfiltered extra virgin olive oil. It's a little pricey, but well worth every penny.
And for those of us with a sweet tooth, Tom's Honey offers a natural fix.
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