Okay, so Angelina Jolie may or may not have been recently photographed walking the dirt-covered aisles of a local Hollywood farmer’s market. But I got your attention!  And that doesn’t mean Jennifer Garner, Lisa Bonet, Reese Witherspoon, and Jake Gyllenhaal haven’t check out organic apples and peaches along open aired stalls! And more importantly, why do we care?

American seems to have an obsession with celebrities stuffing tomatoes into their cloth bags – hey, they’re just like us! And with spring upon us, it’s just likely to get worse. So I’m here to get to the bottom of it. Why? Because of deep, deep scars of trauma.

A few years ago, I was moping around the Gelsons in a certain ritzy Southern Californian hamlet. I had just broken up with a (cough cough evil) ex-boyfriend, and this was my first venture out into the real world. Well, it was actually a venture to a friend’s house to cry over a bottle of wine – but I had to stop for cupcakes on the way. Who wouldn’t do the same? Anyhoo, I walked into the produce aisle (yes, I know it’s not technically a farmer’s market, but there were organic kiwis) and almost dropped my cupcakes when I saw a couple making out over cabbage. I mean, you’ve never seen such public displays of love. They were clasping over corn, sizzling over squash, and mooning over mangos. Horrified, (and this is my issue with extreme PDA, not a judgment on the happy lovers,) I hastened out of the store, only to stumble over paparazzi snapping away at the doors. Since then, the idea of celebrities and aisle of organic produce unleash bone-chilling flashbacks in me. Today, I confront that fear.

(And if you’re curious as to the identity of the loving celebrity couple, click here. And imagine me, jaw dropped on the floor, cropped just out of frame.)

Anyone who lives in Hollywood knows that the best place for celeb sightings aren’t the latest Aston Kutcher-owned supper clubs or the glitzy diamond merchants of Rodeo Drive. If you want to see Hollywood royalty, the place to go is the local Farmer’s Market. Why? Because at a farmer’s market, a celebrity gets to be photographed surrounded by hip, green freshness. Not to mention, they get some killer organic tomatoes out of the deal.

Now, I am certainly not proposing that celebrities are anything but sincere in their efforts to buy locally-grown yams from the San Fernando Valley or honey from Southland bees raised on California poppy. But when every tabloid in the country has multiple photos of Jennifer Garner buying locally-raised string beans, or Jessica Alba nine-months pregnant walking through organic produce, one has to wonder. And just who are these celebrities who make Farmer’s Market so hot? As mentioned, Jennifer Garner and adorable daughters Violet and Seraphina Affleck are known to make the rounds. Carrie-Ann Moss, Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Matthew McConaughey, Katie Holmes, Naomi Watts, and Gwen Stefani have all been photographed purchasing local organic goods from an open-air So Cal stall.

So just where are the most “celeby” green market enclaves? The Brentwood Village Farmer’s Market has the highest celeb ratio, as is it close to celebrity enclaves like Brentwood and the Pacific Palisades. The Larchmont Village Farmer’s Market also has a high number of famous shoppers, as does the weekend Toluca Lake Market.  And if you’re looking for hipster celebs like Rachel McAdams, check out the Silver Lake Farmer’s Market over on the east side of Hollywood. The top farmer’s markets in Los Angeles are run by the California Certified Farmer’s Market Association, which guarantees that produce is organic and local. If you shop at one of their markets, you are sure to get the best, green, sustainable produce around.

So next time you’re in Los Angeles and want to get in some green shopping, (or emotional trauma,) hit up a farmer’s market and keep your eyes peeled. The person grabbing the last of the organic apples just might be the most famous actress in the world.

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