Local markets compared

This is not a Transition Town post, just a personal view on an often-debated matter, usually discussed with no facts, so I just want to set the record straight.

http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/safeway-gets-a-makeover/Content?oid=1080497

The Express companion-shopped at several Bay area popular markets, and found that the Berkeley Bowl is the winner in both price and quality, and that several other popular markets are as high-priced as a chain store.

Bay Area Farmer's Markets - a list of links

I'm not going to post a list of Farmer's Markets. It would soon be out-of-date. 

We have at least fifty now, and we keep getting new ones - there are now several markets every day of the week!

But here is a list of links to sites that keep an updated listing of markets:

http://www.sfgate.com/food/farmersmarkets/

http://commongroundmag.com/2005/11/farmfresh0511.html

This site has a searchable map:

http://www.localharvest.org/search.jsp?map=1&lat=37.791270&lon=-122.243159&scale=9&ty=1&nm=&zip=94606

And here is a print-out card (pdf)

http://www.edibleeastbay.com/content/pages/articles/fallWinter08/farmersMkts.pdf

Sites for some individual markets:

Berkeley:

http://www.ecologycenter.org/bfm/

Grand Lake (Oakland):

http://www.splashpad.org/farmersmkt.html

Temescal (North Oakland):

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/313559

San Francisco Ferry Plaza:

http://cuesa.org/markets/farmers/

Contra Costa County:

http://www.cccfm.org/

Walnut Creek:

http://www.cafarmersmkts.com/

Marin County:

http://www.marinfarmersmarkets.org/

Have fun shopping!