Normans' Farm Market- Mass Ave Stand

“This is a ready beautiful Farm market. Please note that you may need to visit Whole Foods if you need Organic products. However, if you need organic food, please read the entire review below. It's always healthy to eat vegetables and fruits whether it's organic or not. Let me explain why this is so. Well, several studies found that organic food contains more antioxidants. Antioxidants are believed to have some health benefits. However, scientists are still on the fence about them in general. There are also different opinions regarding organic being more nutritious. Evidence is mixed. You can not say that organic has better health benefits. There are also studies that organic food contains fewer pesticides. This is more complicated because sometimes fewer pesticides do not mean better. Most organic pesticides are natural toxins like hot ash soap or sulfur. Toxic is toxic and does not matter whether it's coming from nature or not. Even more, organic copper sulfate is more dangerous which is used for apples. Well, it's up to you to decide where to buy fruits. Vegetables and fruits are always healthy. The only downside of this farmer's market is that it's a little bit expensive like Whole Foods. Sometimes I visit ALDI or Lotte Plaza where fruit and vegetables are two times cheaper. To sum up: I love this market. I wanted to give it 4 stars because of the high prices. However, this is not so important for me, and ill leave 5 stars.”

“This farmstand is a great hidden gem! They usually have a wide variety of fruits and vegetables that are always fresh and excellent quality. They seasonally have asparagus, peaches, zucchini, cucumbers, eggplant, corn, cherries, blueberries, apples, onions, herbs, lettuce, tomatoes, pumpkins, and more! The hours vary seasonally but they are usually there every day 9am-6pm June-September, and usually open on weekends thru Thanksgiving. They accept credit card and have a customer rewards programs. They also have CSA farm share program and you can pick up at this location.”

“They have a great selection and the people are really nice. You can get granola, jams, cheeses, as well as locally grown fruits and veggies, and mushrooms, all that look so lush and crisp and will last longer than any grocery store.”

“Great little market! We just came for the pumpkin but left with squash, lettuce, cider, cucumbers, and some BBQ sauce. They had good social distancing practices, take credit cards, and were friendly!”

“Wonderful people. Wonderful produce. I rave about the CSA program to our friends.”

“I give them 5 stars for Great produce and friendly, helpful staff. The young people who work there always offer to carrying things, bring them out to the curb and help in any way possible. I am disappointed, however, that we can only buy things by the carton. I don't like buying tomatoes I can't look at or onions of a size I don't want. I know this is due to covid-19, to discourage customers from touching produce they're not going to buy but it seems disingenuous. I fail to see what good this does when other measures have not been taken. There are no plastic guards between clerks and customers. The space has not been enlarged to allow customers more room in the aisle. Distancing while shopping is not mandatory or enforced. I understand that the staff is mostly young and would feel uncomfortable asking an older person to move back, etc. This is all the more reason for the company to step in. In the absence of other methods, I fail to see how forcing people to buy things in cartons is all that useful. I suspect it is more for the convenience of Norman's.”

“Nice market and I'm glad it's there. The staff stays busy re-stocking, is friendly and very helpful. I give it 4 stars because they play annoying auto-tune country music thru a bluetooth speaker that's way too loud and you can't hear your self think.”

“Staff is nice. They told me the tomatoes tasted great so I bought 6 very expensive tomatoes 2 heirloom and 4 regular. I was so excited to get a great tasting tomato. Not one had any taste at all. The heirlooms were slightly better less mealy. But no taste at all. Don’t waste your money.”