Farners' Markets in Florida

Bauernmärkte sind in ganz Florida ein alltäglicher Anblick: Samstags und sonntags säumen lange Reihen von Ständen große Plätze, und als Veganer zog mich die Fülle der dort angebotenen Erzeugnisse in ihren Bann – die man auch in zubereiteten Gerichten probieren konnte.

Man trifft interessante Menschen, und die Geschichten darüber, wie sie ihr Gemüse, ihr Obst und ihren Salat anbauen, sind faszinierend. Das Engagement einiger dieser Anbieter für den ökologischen Landbau ist für mich ebenfalls inspirierend.

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Saturday in Florida

I head for the square

Long rows of stalls

Fruit piled up there

Tomatoes like jewels

Greens still wet with rain

I taste one peach

And I’m back again

You hand me a sample

I hand you a smile

You say how you grew it

The patient old style

No rush, no shortcut

Just sun and a plan

That kind of faith

You can hold in your hand

Farmers’ markets in Florida

I keep coming back

Farmers’ markets in Florida

On the weekend track

Fresh off the soil

Straight to my plate

(come on, come on)

Farmers’ markets in Florida

That’s my kind of day

I meet a woman

With basil in her cart

A man with cucumbers

Proud as art

He tells me the story

Behind every row

How the roots take time

And the good things grow

I love the talk

I love the care

Organic hands

And open air

The lettuce, the mango

The herbs in the sun

Every little table

Says work well done

Farmers’ markets in Florida

I keep coming back

Farmers’ markets in Florida

On the weekend track

Fresh off the soil

Straight to my plate

(come on, come on)

Farmers’ markets in Florida

That’s my kind of day

Sunday morning

I slow my pace

Paper bag full

And a happy face

If you ask me where

To take me in town

I know the answer

And I say it loud

Farmers’ markets in Florida

I keep coming back

Farmers’ markets in Florida

On the weekend track

Fresh off the soil

Straight to my plate

(come on, come on)

Farmers’ markets in Florida

That’s my kind of day