With grass-lined aisles and not a shopping cart to be found, farmers markets give shoppers an alternative approach to tackling the grocery list.
Local produce and goods, and perhaps a chance meeting with an old acquaintance, are standard fare at the many outdoor markets in the region.
Central Mass. Grown, a coalition of local farmers, shared a list of local farmers markets:
Beaver Brook Farmers Market
When: 9 a.m. to noon Fridays, June 12 through October…