![]() ![]() On the pretty pale wood shelves of the stall, you’ll find Weiser Farm’s watermelon radishes and carrots Flora Bella Farm’s kale and Swiss chard apples from See Canyon fresh quail and chicken eggs from the CityFarm in Glassell Park smoked peppers from Windrose Farms bags of terrific granola from Granola Mama’s Handmade tangerines and pomegranates from Mud Creek Ranch and handmade soaps from Pine Street Products in Altadena, created by a woman who was once a chemist for NASA. This is not only fresh produce, but flowers, snacks and pantry items. POP Produce isn’t a substitute for your local farmers market, or for a day of shopping - it’s rather a highly curated shopping stop if you don’t have time to spend hours sourcing all the things you’d like to get, or if you simply don’t have time to make it to one of L.A.’s great markets. ![]() It’s a very small stand, which is why Romney and Bowman can take it places, most recently on Thursdays to Grand Central Market, and starting Saturday, to an art studio in Highland Park (the collaborative pop-up store is called Arroyo General), where they’ll be popping up with Morning Glory Confections and Knotwork LA on Thursdays through Saturdays until Christmas. That’s why Adam Romney and Elizabeth Bowman formed their POP Produce earlier this year, a little stand that pops up - folds out, really - with local produce and home-style products. But what about markets? Yes, there are farmers markets, but these are hardly small or mobile. For the last few years, there have been many terrific pop-up restaurants, bakeries, ice cream shops, even coffee stalls and taquerias around town. ![]()
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