FARM GOODNESS COMES TO TOWN JUST-PICKED QUALITY AWAITS CUSTOMERS AT VALLEY VENUES.Years ago, when the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. was home to citrus citrus Any of the plants that make up the genus Citrus, in the rue family, that yield pulpy fruits covered with fairly thick skins. The genus includes the lemon, lime, sweet and sour oranges, tangerine, grapefruit, citron, and shaddock (C. maxima, or C. grandis; also called pomelo). groves and huge farms, fruits and vegetables fresh off the vine vine, climbing plant or trailing plant. The grape is often called "the vine." See also liana. vine Plant whose stem requires support and that climbs by tendrils or twining or creeps along the ground, or the stem of such a plant. were available to many residents - often just a few blocks from home. While suburban sprawl wiped out most of those farms, residents can still get produce with that "just off the farm" freshness at local farmers markets. At the Encino Farmers Market, Harry Vickman, a volunteer board member for One Generation, the nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. that operates the market, said the market went from an idea to fruition fru·i·tion n. 1. Realization of something desired or worked for; accomplishment: labor finally coming to fruition. 2. Enjoyment derived from use or possession. 3. in four months. Vickman was instrumental in getting it started. "I didn't know what a farmers market was," Vickman said. He's certainly learned. Twelve years later, the market is thriving. Complete story on Page 8 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Harry Vickman, a volunteer with the nonprofit organization that operates the Encino Farmers Market, enjoys talking with the farmers such as citrus grower, Eugene Etheridge. Rick Coca/Valley News |
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