University of Massachusetts Extension nutrition educators Jessica Wilcox and Lindsey Magan visited Leo Canuel and his brother Fabien on their farm at the end of Wood Street in Somerset, MA on August 8, 2011 in preparation for a cooking demonstration they plan to do at the Downtown Farmers' Market in Fall River. This is one of several farm visits nutrition educators from the program have made to help establish the link between local farms and the fresh produce that is sold in the three farmers' markets in Fall River each week. The Canuel Farm has been in operation since 1903 and provides produce for the Fall River markets as well as local stores in Somerset. Leo talks about the difficulties of creating a "certified organic." garden but uses many organic methods on his farm to produce an abundance of tomatoes, peppers, corn, beans and other produce each summer. Click here for a four-minute video of the visit. Click here. here, here and here for photos the farmers' market cooking demonstrations. For more information about the UMass program, contact Pat Bebo at 508-675-7315.

(Top row) Co-owner Leo Canuel shows University of Massachusetts Extension nutrition educators Lindsey Magan and Jessica Wilcox a pepper plant that doubles as a decorative plant. (Middle row) Co-owners Fabien and Leo Canuel describe their farm that they operate as a part-time business in addition to their full time jobs. (Bottom row) Leo describes the variety of tomatoes that they grow in pots in a greenhouse that extends the growing season.