Farmers Market off to a rousing start in downtown Beverly
It took less than 30 minutes for the strawberries to sell out at the Beverly Farmers Market.
A steady stream of customers stopped by yesterday, on the stand’s first day of business, to buy local honey and sauces, shelling peas, Swiss chard, and masses of strange, curled stems with bulbs attached.
Garlic scapes, said Katie Fiorella, community outreach coordinator for The Food Project, a Lynn-based organization that employs local high school students, sells most of its produce at farmers markets, and gives the rest away to food pantries and shelters.
Since they started three years ago, Fiorella said she’s seen many regulars in Beverly, and a growing number of new people stopping by, asking questions and buying something.
Pelletier was both a regular customer and an intrigued one, as she held up the pile of garlic scapes the green tops that grow on garlic bulbs.
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