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Happy National Eat Your Vegetables Day!

Today is National Eat your Vegetables Day and our General Manager, Greg Tison paid News4Jax a visit this morning to chat produce.

In business for 81 years, the Jacksonville Farmers Market has hand-picked its vendors to bring you the best Florida grown produce.

We’ve got everything ranging from sweet, succulent corn on the cob to juicy tomatoes and spicy peppers. This Summer is the perfect time to give these vegetables a chop, add butter, along with some of your favorite spices and fire up the grill.

If the barbecue is at your house this 4thof July, the market is a great place to begin! Greg explains how cost effective our market is, as the vegetables come straight from the farmers trucks each morning. It’s a great place to shop local, support your community and watch your wallet! Come visit us any day from dusk till dawn at 1810 W Beaver Street, in Jacksonville, Florida!

https://www.news4jax.com/video/eat-your-veggies-video

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JFM Is Getting A Little Sweeter

This month we welcome our newest vendor, Honeycomb Heroes!

After 20 years of serving in the military, the owners of this small business decided they wanted something to work on that would keep their family sticking together. With (only) 300 hives, the local business is able to pay great attention to detail and practice organic methods in treating their hives. It’s their goal to provide only raw honey and 100% local beeswax.

Why choose to buy local honey? Besides helping our local economy grow, honey has great health benefits. When you purchase local honey, you’re building your immune system and creating antibodies to help fight against those pesky sneezes during allergy season!

How?
When local bees carry pollen from flower to flower and bring it back to the hive, the honey mixes with the pollen. When you consume it, your body becomes more accustomed to the local pollen!

You’ll find Honeycomb Heroes available most days in the rear of the main building. They’re currently selling Wildflower, Orange Blossom, Pepper and Creamed Honey.

 

 

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Get Cookin’ With Florida Oranges

Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: jar, juicy, marmalade, orange

Spring into Orange Season!

Spring is upon us, and Florida Oranges are in season!


In Florida, we’re proudly known for our delicious citrus fruit! In the South, it’s picked when it’s ready to enjoy and no longer ripens after picking. This means it’s always delicious and ready to eat! Our universal advice–don’t judge this book by its cover! No matter how it looks on the outside, Florida citrus is always juicy and sweet on the inside!

Visit Florida explains that the color of an orange peel will range from orange to a yellow-green color, but it’s simply due to our subtropical climate. The blemishes you may see on the skin are called wind scars and are a result of the fruit rubbing against its tree’s branches.

Did you know that the season runs from September through June, with the height of the harvest being in February? We currently have the ripest fruit at the market and they’re going fast!

Filed Under: What's In Season Tagged With: farmers, Florida, market, marmalade, Oranges, peel, picking, season, south

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JFM FUN FACTS

  • JFM is listed in the Southern Living Farmers Market Cookbook.

  • JFM is the oldest operating farmers market in Florida.


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