Sustainable Saturday - Food Coexistence

More and more, I am seeing a blending of cultures around me here in upstate New York.  It had been something I took for granted when I grew up in New York City, but, the upstate New York of today is a way different place than the upstate New York I moved to over 30 years ago.

Take the Saturday farmer's market in Ithaca, New York (about an hour from where I live), for example.  These are perfect examples of what one could call food coexistence.

Prepared food for sale included this booth, selling Tibetan and Chilean food. I'm sorry I didn't try the momos - I saw them again at a street festival earlier today, which I will blog about in the coming days.

One farmer was selling American type lettuce and rainbow chard, and Asian greens. (Senposai is a favorite of ours - we can not buy it where we live).

The same farmer was selling something called Vivid Choi.  Have any of my readers tried this?

A couple of vendors were selling cheese in a European style.

But most of all, there is one thing that speaks all languages - flowers.  Years ago, you didn't find markets in the United States selling flowers.  Now, it seems that all of them do.

Did you visit a farmer's market today?