Farmers’ market shopping for beginners who hate waste

Buy what you will cook twice, ask about uglies, bring bags.

Priya Nair
Market stall produce in morning light
Editorial illustration · Book Leaves

Farmers’ markets reward a short list. Buy vegetables you will cook at least twice that week, ask stallholders about imperfect produce at a discount, and bring bags that can take muddy roots.

Cash still helps at some stalls; check before you queue empty-handed.

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