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Local foods coverage on atlantamagazine.com is coordinated by contributing editor Deborah Geering. As a writer and editor with a special interest in food writing, Deborah has written for Georgia magazine, Cooking Light, Fodor's, People, USAToday.com, and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, where she wrote the "In Season" column.

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Market Watch

An interactive guide to Atlanta's farmers markets

  1. Alpharetta Farmers Market

    More than a dozen vendors sell produce, baked goods, homemade candy, homemade beef jerky, coffee, and cheeses.

  2. Brookwood Farmers Market

    New in 2010, this producer-only market in Cumming features locally grown produce, grass-fed beef and pastured pork, yogurt, baked goods, honey, jams, and salsas.

  3. Chamblee Farmers Market

    New in 2010, this small market features sustainably grown produce, certified organic meats, baked goods, coffee, salsas, and pet supplies.

In Season: Peaches
Take advantage of late-season bounty with Deborah Geering's  recipe for Peach Oat Bars. Hearty and not too sweet, these bars make a great quick breakfast, lunchtime treat or mid-afternoon snack. They’re also a great use for imperfect peaches. Looking for more peachy ideas? Here's a tasty morsel in our Southern Recipes collection: Peach Tart from The Savannah Cookbook

 

Farmers Digest

Greg Brown, Greenleaf Farms

Greg Brown swore as a boy that he would leave the farming life behind. The second-oldest of seven children, Brown loathed his chores while growing up on the family hog farm on Hilton Head. But after careers as a restaurant cook and landscaper in Atlanta and Hilton Head, the forty-eight-year-old ...

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Will Harris III, White Oak Pastures and Riverview Farms
Jonathan Tescher, Sustainability Advocate
Daron Joffe, Farmer D Organics