Norfolk Farm Market

May 18, 8:53 AMVirginia Beach Natural Parenting ExaminerTiffany Bertolacci

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Photo: T. Bertolacci.  Farm Fresh Cage-Free Eggs

Fresh food has more nutrients.  So it would stand to reason that food grown and purchased locally would be more nutritious.  Take, for instance, locally collected and sold farm eggs.  The color of the yolk is a strong orange, not a weak yellow as would be found in eggs that have traveled states to get to your local grocery store.

Enter Five Points Farm Market on Church Street in Norfolk; just a few blocks from the Norfolk Zoo.  Local farmers sell farm fresh eggs from cage free chickens.  Though a dozen of eggs costs more out-of-pocket, the eggs are more fresh and the orange color of the yolks is breathtaking.  Also important to mention: cage free eggs are more humane and the eggs are from chickens that are generally healthier.  Furthermore, those Styrofoam egg cartons that cannot be recycled at the curbside can be dropped off at the market for reuse.

Other items offered at the Farm Market include:

• Fresh locally grown produce
• Local honey
• Fresh Seafood
• Select items from Green Alternatives
• Coffee
• Herbs and spices
• Starter plants (at least in the spring)
• Seeds for starting your own plants
• Dairy products from Virginia: milk, cheeses, butter
• Fresh baked goods from Sugar Plum, Inc

The market also offers seasonal Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) subscriptions.  This allows local family farmers to connect with interested community consumers.  As a subscriber, you would pick up a bag of already packed produce from the market each Saturday.  The bag contains a variety of in-season produce from local farms.  Follow the link above for more details on the CSA subscription service at Five Points.  

If you get hungry looking at all of the fresh produce, sandwiches and other prepared foods are also available at the cafe!