The Salt Lake Tribune
Friday, August 29, 2008
Affordable produce for all
By now most Utahns have heard of Salt Lake City's One World Cafe, where diners take only as much food as they can eat and pay only what they can afford.

Now Salt Lake City gardener, Colyn Kilmer, is taking that idea to the farmer's market. She spreads out her heirloom tomatoes, patty pan squash, Armenian cucumbers and chili peppers on a table. Next to the produce is a large jar that tells customers to "Take what you can eat, pay what you can."

She even trusts people to make their own change.

"A lot of people can't can't afford heirloom tomatoes," she said. "But they should be eating them because they taste good and are good for them."

Some customers have a difficult time with the concept, but generally people appreciate the unique system, she said.

The idea was popular with University of Utah students who passed by Kilmer's booth at the new Thursday farmer's market on campus. (Read about it here)

Kilmer also sets up her "everybody eats" table at the Sunday People's Market at the International Peace Gardens, 1000 S. 900 West.

"Good food is a right," she said. "Not a priviledge."

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   Kathy Stephenson has been the food writer at The Tribune since 2000. Prior to that she covered education and was a general assignment reporter for Utah's largest daily newspaper. A Utah native, Stephenson's first job was picking zucchini on her grandparent's Kaysville farm. Every Christmas, Stephenson's neighbors and colleagues look forward to getting a plate of her baklava. Last year, she gave away nearly 300 pieces.