Nutrition educators from the University of Massachusetts Extension Nutrition Education Program in Fall River offered their second cooking demonstration at the Downtown Farmers' Market on July 21, 2011. This time, the produce came from the Quansett Gardens farm in Dartmouth, MA run by Mary Mehri. Known as "The Tomato Lady" because of her prize-winning tomatoes and vast knowledge of the plants, Mary also runs the Main Street Cafe and Bakery in downtown Fall River where she uses the produce from her farm to make baked goods to sell at farmers' markets and the cafe. All of her produce are raised organically, and free-range chickens are part of the mix to control pests.  Visits to farms and the cooking demonstrations are filmed each week and aired on Fall River Government Channel on cable television. Click here for the video of the demonstration by Patrick Mulgrew. Click here for the recipe. Click here for photos and video of a previous demonstration. For more information, contact Pat Bebo at 508-675-7315.

(Top row, left) Nutrition educators Jessica Wilcox and Allie Lawlor of the University of Massachusetts Extension Nutrition Education Program pick up vegetables from Mary Mehri at her Main Street Cafe and Bakery on North Main Street that they will use in their cooking demonstration. (Top row, center and right) Nutrition educators Susan Loughlin and Jessica Wilcox get ready to have their demonstration filmed by Phil Sabatino or Fall River Government Television. (Middle row) Jessica adds olive oil to the pan before adding some diced zucchini, explaining what she is doing to Paul L'Heureux. (Bottom row) Jessica finishes making her demonstration sample of a summer vegetable potato salad before Denise Carter samples some.