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Check out this tasty way to usher in fall!
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All About Butternut Squash!

Butternut Squash, one of the most popular winter squash vegetables, are hitting the shelves of our Saturday Farmers Market, and what a tasty way to help usher in fall! 


Use it in soups, stews, casseroles or any number or yummy, comfort food style dishes for a healthy and autumn-flavored dish! Being a member of pumpkin family, butternut squash has a pleasant nutty flavor and mildly sweet taste. It’s one of the signature flavors that usher in the changing of the seasons.

When shopping for Butternut Squash at the Market, look for mature product that features a fine woody note on tapping, and feels heavy in hand. Its stem should be stout and firmly attached to the fruit. Avoid those with wrinkled surface, abnormal spots, cuts, and bruises. Whenever possible, buy long neck butternut fruit as it contains more meat and fewer hollow cavities and seeds. (Unless, of course, you intend to eat the seeds, then shorter neck squash is your best bet!)

Once at home, well-ripened squash can be stored for many weeks (even months!) in a cool, humid-free, well-ventilated place at room temperature. However, cut sections should be placed inside the refrigerator where they keep well for 3-4 days. (CLICK HERE TO READ MORE!)

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WHAT'S IN SEASON?

Almonds, Beans, Beets, Blackberries, Canteloupe, Carrots, Chard, Collards, Corn, Cucumber, Eggplant, Figs, Grapes, Greens, Kale, Lettuce, Melons, Nectarines, Onions, Peaches, Pecans, Peppers, Pistachios, Plums, Pluots, Potatoes, Raspberries, Sprouts, Strawberries, Summer Squash, Tomatoes, Walnuts, Watermelon

You'll also find: Fresh and dried herbs, honey, grass-fed meats, raw milk, breads and baked goods, chicken and duck eggs, jams and jellies, olives, olive oil, cheeses and much, much more!

This Week at the Visalia Farmers Markets...


Saturday,  8am-11:30am 

Sears Parking lot at Mooney Blvd./Caldwell


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