While
supermarkets have spoiled Americans by supplying most fruits
and vegetables year-round, such mass-marketed fare can never
really compete with the freshness of produce and vegetables
grown in the area and the intimate feel of the local farmers
market. Take a jaunt to one
of these farmers markets in Oahu and treat yourself to the
best of the season.
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The
pet-friendly Saturday Farmer's Market is
the most popular market in the area and allows you to meet
the farmers and food producers of Hawaii’s diversified
agricultural scene. Choose from a wide variety of items,
including fruits, vegetables, flowers, beef, aqua-cultured
seafood, fresh-baked breads, hand-made pastas, tropical
jams and jellies, baked goods, locally harvested honey,
specialty seasonings and more, with some items not even
available in grocery stores. In addition, well-established
restaurants provide breakfast food items to eat on the spot,
such as short rib poi stew with rice and scrambled eggs once
served by Chef Troy Terorotua of Big G’s Catering.
Students of the Culinary Institute of the Pacific are also
on hand trying out their culinary chops for visitors to
taste. Be sure to check out the special exhibits that are
often a part of the day’s events. Kapiolani
Community College (KCC) at Diamond Head, Saturdays, 808-848-2074, hfbf.org/markets or kapiolani.hawaii.edu.
Fresh
Fridays is a free open market selling locally grown
produce. In addition, there are cooking demonstrations on
select Fridays and educational information on eating and
living healthy. Kaiser Permanente’s Honolulu Clinic,
Fridays, 808-432-2000.
 Ward
Farmers Market is full of cheap, fresh and delicious
eats. It's centrally located in Honolulu and anchored by
the Marukai Marketplace and Tropic Fish & Vegetable
Center, open Tuesdays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.,
808-591-8411.
Fort
Street Open Market offers Polynesian crafts as
well as food items. Wilcox Park in front of Macy’s,
Tuesdays & Fridays,
808-599-7400.
Waikiki
Farmers Market features fruits, vegetables, musubi
(rice balls) and chow mein. The parking lot of Waikiki Community
Center, Tuesdays & Fridays, 808-923-1802.
Hawaii
Kai Towne Center’s Farmers Market features
fresh fruits and vegetables on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Hawaii Kai
Towne Center. Call 808-396-0766 for information.
Check
out other Hawaii events!
(Updated: 05/17/11 SG)
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