Grocery Store "Specials"

[Devany]

Those mushrooms are grown up near Honoka'a. You can find them at Sack n Save sometimes. Also at the Kino'ole Farmer's Market that is located at 1990 Kino'ole St. This market is 100# local grown and mostly organic. It is small and you must get there early (7-8 am) on Saturday mornings to get a good selection. They are also available at the Hilo Farmer's Markets on Saturdays and usually at the Waimea Farmer's Market. I make the Waimea markets on the first Saturday of every month. There are 2 X the vendors then and it is the only place I can find ground lamb or veal bones on the island. The Parker School Farmer's Market has a 100% local organic vendor that has over 100 varieties of veggies. The same vendor, Kekela Farms has a farm market, also 100 % local organic at their farm 64-604 Mana Road, Waimea on Tuesday and Friday afternoons from 2-5.

I also go to the Volcano Market on Sunday mornings (MUST get there by 7 or they will be sold out) about once a month. The Volcano market is another one which is mostly local, I would say 95% local. And with the higher elevation, they and the Wiamea Markets have some different things than we do at different seasons.

Sorry to be so verbose, but this is my job, reporting on farmer's markets for EHI.

Kathy, if you visit the above, you may be happier, though they are not quite as close to you. Hilo Market does have about 20 vendors that sell their own produce, but there are also a great many that buy from the co-op (still mostly Hawaiian Grown) and sell at the farmer's market. I am like you, I like to buy directly from the farmer, so I have made it a practice of getting to know the local farmers, sometimes they even sell from their farms if you get to know them. Anyway, there is a lot of great local stuff at the Hilo Market, but with a commercial market like that, it is always open to anyone who wants to sell. There is a new market in Lapahoehoe on Sunday mornings. I have not been to it yet, I usually wait for a while before reviewing a farmer's market.

There are a few roadside stands I visit for local corn and a few other things. I should have a bumper sticker on my car "Caution Stops for Produce".

For a full list of all Hawaiian Farmer's Markets including hours etc., pick up your free copy of Edible Hawaiian Islands magazine at Borders, Island Naturals or Abundant Life.

Aloha au i Hawai`i,
devany

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