So, I'm riding my bicycle to work and decide to stop at the Downtown Country Market that sets up twice a week along Main Street, being drawn toward the fresh produce and scrumptious apples in particular. This is a far departure from my last foray here when I decided to pick up a few items for the office which included jelly candy, a choice that got roundly and dutifully criticized by my coworkers for purchasing one of the few unhealthy available items. (Of course, they had no problem helping me eat it).

My recent excursion to one of Buffalo's local farmers' markets got me thinking about the issue of access to fresh produce, farmers' markets in general and smart growth. My colleague George Pyle wrote an excellent series on the subject of farmers' markets: Neighborhood Dining: It's time to eat locally; Past and Present: Broadway Market and Lexington Co-Op and Seeing the face of the farmer.