Shoes and other stories: Vegetables
Follow the stream on your left and as you cross the last bridge to the reach the domkyrkan, you will find a small vegetable market only on Saturdays. Farmers, mostly from Enköping come here to sell there produce which includes mushrooms, leeks, berries, honey and pumpkin among other things. This market is frequented mostly by old people. People who hate 6-minute microwave food right out of the freezer racks of an Ica store. The market also tells quite a lot about Sweden’s rich agricultural history.
I met Jack, originally from Thailand, runs a small little farm outside of Enköping with his mother and four sisters. His mother along with his sisters migrated from Thailand when Jack was four years old. Jack did not mind a photo with his mushrooms.
Another interesting man was Tim. He too owned a farm outside Enköping. Tim is super-interested about eco-farming. He was happy to hear about our project and wanted to help. He believed that the damage caused to the crops when no pesticides are used can be handled with extra labour and maintenance. As of now, Tim opened his farm to us for research and sampling. He also invited me to a party at his farm on 15th of August!
Tim refused to pose. So this is as close as it gets.
You should check him out here