An Earth Day Scavenger Hunt!
Get the kids to explore the market and learn what’s in-season fruits and meet our farmers. Answer or draw the questions for a special Market prize! Download and print at home or grab one at our Info Booth at the market.
Get kids exploring the market, learning about fruits and veggies, and our farmers at the Market for Earth Day.
Write or draw the answer for a prize from our Info Booth!
Find a purple fruit or vegetable. Name it or draw it!
Find a green food that you have not tasted before. Name it or draw it!
Find something that grows underground. Name it or draw it!
Ask a farmer what time they woke up this morning & how long it took them to get to the market. Answer in time or distance:
* Fact: The average supermarket produce travels 1,500 miles!What booth is the Take a Bag, Leave a Bag basket next to? *Fact: 160,000 plastic bags are used globally every second!
Download the scavenger hunt here and print at home, or get one at the info tent!
Back to School: Healthy Farmers Market Snacks
How perfect is the image of an apple on a school desk? They say an apple a day keeps the doctor away—and we love all advice that involves eating fresh fruits and vegetables from the farmers' market. Because it's back to school time (and cold and flu season is right around the corner), we've come up with some healthy snacks using farmers' market ingredients that are perfect for kids (or adults who are kids at heart...).
How perfect is the image of an apple on a school desk? They say an apple a day keeps the doctor away—and we love all advice that involves eating fresh fruits and vegetables from the farmers' market. Because it's back to school time (and cold and flu season is right around the corner), we've come up with some healthy snacks using farmers' market ingredients that are perfect for kids (or adults who are kids at heart...).
Fruits and Nuts
It doesn't get easier than spreading apple or pear slices with unsweetened nut butter or topping them with a nuts and honey mixture (Martha Stewart recipe). For a cracker spread, blend unsweetened cocoa powder and honey with a nut butter of your choice.
Vegetables
Kid-friendly vegetable snacks to make include cauliflower tots (Food 4 Tots recipe), kale chips (Eating Well recipe), and zucchini sticks (Delish recipe).
Smoothies and Juices
Who wouldn't love a chocolate avocado smoothie made with unsweetened cocoa powder with avocado and milk and sweetener of your choice (Parenting recipe). For juices, sneak vegetables into a mostly fruit blend—such as beet, apple, and spinach or tomato, carrot, spinach and apple (Inhabitots recipes). Also, consider add-ons. Raw Cane SugarJuice, a vendor at our Manhattan Beach Certified Farmers' Market, uses liquid chlorophyll in its juices for its germ-fighting potential. You can pick up juices or make your own and slip in immunity-boosting ingredients.