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Best
Buys
Pick of the Market
Ojai, Calif.
Sun., July 3, 2005 |
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The Market:
Ojai Farmers Market
300 E. Matilijia Ave.
9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
(805) 698-5555
Marketgoer:
Mark Thompson, publisher of this Web site
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I haven't been to this market in a
couple of years. It's better than ever, an excellent
small-town farmers market, featuring about a dozen top-notch
farmers, most local and some organic. Another dozen or so
vendors offer specialty items, prepared foods and
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What I Bought:
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assorted
stone fruit: nectarines, plums, and peaches
Price: $2/lb.
tomatoes,
basil, pickling cucumbers
Price: $2.50/lb. for
tomatoes; $1/bunch for basil; $1/lb for cucumbers
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beets flanking a celery root
Price: $1.50/ bunch for
beets; $1/each celery root
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bibb lettuce A
bargain at this price for large, heavy heads of lettuce.
Price: $1 for two heads of
lettuce
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baby
green beans
Price: $5/lb.
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