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FARMERS' MARKET: EAT YOUR (LEAFY) VEGGIES
Buy your corn from the farmer who sells only corn, and your greens from the farmer who grows only leafy veggies. "Farmers who specialize in one type of crop often have the best prices," says Avia Hawksworth, a forager for Long Meadow Ranch in St. Helena, California, "because they don't have to rotate multiple crops, which requires more acreage and extra labor."