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You are here: Home / Blog / Old Strathcona Farmers’ Market

Old Strathcona Farmers’ Market

May 6, 2014 by Marisa Moore

 

I was recently invited to speak on using mobile health apps at the Food Matters conference put on by Alberta Health Services in Edmonton, Canada. Speaking on a topic I love in a city I’d never visited was appealing.

I’m spoiled. Living just 15 minutes from the world’s busiest airport, it’s easy to get a direct flight to most anywhere I want to go. Not the case with getting to Edmonton. I had to spend an extra night there due to the limited flight options. As a result, I got to visit the Old Strathcona Farmers’ Market.

Old Strathcona Farmers Market Exterior Image

Featuring over 130 vendors, this indoor market offered plenty of fresh winter produce including apples, pears, all sorts of potatoes, cabbages and carrots. Many vendors sold canned vegetables too.

Variety of Apples on Display

As I shed my coat and scarf to browse the market, I wondered how they got the tomatoes, peppers and squash (it was thirty degrees!). After a little poking around, I learned that most of those items were trucked in from Vancouver and some were hothouse grown. Don’t they look perfect?

Orange, Green Peppers

While at the market, I sampled some local dandelion tea and coffee. Interestingly, they both tasted like tea. I didn’t love it. I tried some maple butter made from Canadian maple syrup and decided that I HAVE to make some maple butter at home. Yes. It was that good. I left the market enlightened on the local food scene.

Canadian Maple Syrup

And then it snowed. In May.

Snow in Edmonton - Plane Being De-iced

I felt like I’d been over the river and through the woods to make it back to Atlanta where it was a blazing 84 degrees. I won’t complain. Can’t wait for my next food adventure!

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Marisa Moore

Hi! I'm Marisa, a registered dietitian nutritionist living in Atlanta, GA. I use this blog to share (mostly) vegetarian recipes, credible nutrition information and a peek into my Southern roots and travels!
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