Thanks to this class at 21 DC Public Schools kids don’t just eat their vegetables — they love them.

The program gives low-income residents a weekly stipend to purchase fresh food at participating farmers markets across the city.

It’s the time of year when farmers and producers we’ve dearly missed over the winter start to return to the city.

We’ve asked chefs how they like to cook certain seasonal ingredients — peaches and tomatoes. This week, we decided to go to the source of those ingredients: farmers. We visited the White House FRESHFARM Market to ask farmers and their managers how they like to cook some of their favorite seasonal ingredients.

The first White House Freshfarm Market of the year starts today at 3 p.m. To help kick things off, local celebrity chef José Andrés will be making his annual giant paella at the market. The paella festivities run from 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Check out our coverage of the opening of last year’s inaugural White House market here. And if you can’t make it to the market today in time for paella, mark your…

Photo by LaTur The much discussed FRESHFARM Market, By the White House kicks off its first day in operation this afternoon. DDOT sent out a reminder that Vermont Ave. NW between H and I Streets will be closed from 1 p.m. until 8 p.m. today, but keep in mind that the market itself only runs from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. – the extra time built in is for setting up and taking down…

View White House Farmers Market in a larger map A FRESHFARM farmers market will begin operating next week on a block of Vermont Ave. just north of the White House, reports the Washington Post. The market has received permission from the city to operate this fall, an approval that will see Vermont Ave. between H and I Streets NW closed to traffic on Thursdays from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. for the next couple of…