Find fresh vegetables and fair prices at the SB Farmer’s Market

by Ellen Brannigan

LW contributor

For 33 years Teresa Cortez-Berumen has been selling the freshest fruits and vegetables at Berumen Farms Inc., which is her brother’s business.

Cortez-Berumen works seven days a week. The Berumen Farms crops are grown in San Luis Obispo and brought to Anaheim Hills, where Cortez-Berumen packs the produce into her truck and delivers it fresh to different markets each day. Her daughter, Consuela, helps her even now.

“I love my customers” she says. Customers love her fresh strawberries, blueberries and watermelons. Cortez-Berumen also has fresh green beans, zucchini, squash, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, celery and beets. Berumen Farms’ Maui onions, heirloom tomatoes, oranges and lemons are big sellers at the markets. Soon, fresh corn and cucumbers will be available to purchase.

“Leisure Worlders love my fresh fruits and fair prices” Cortez-Berumen says.

The Seal Beach Farmer’s Market is held every Tuesday from 9 a.m.-1p.m. at the Seal Beach Village. Buses run hourly to the location at the corner of Seal Beach and Westminster Boulevards.