Stores and restaurants across the nation have pulled tomatoes from their shelves and menus following an outbreak of salmonella. 

But local farmers are still growing tomato plants and they say it's safer to buy all produce locally. 

The recent outbreak of salmonella is a prime example of the danger that goes into buying food that's been through chemical processing. 

But local growers say one way to avoid that problem altogether is to buy from someone you know. 

John Wesselius, a local farmer who sells his produce at the market, says, “They should be concerned about the industrial process that food goes through before it gets to Sioux Falls.” 

Vendors at the Farmer's Market say they've seen a big increase in the number of people interested in what goes into their food or planting their own food. 

Buyers say it's a growing trend. 

Dr. Allen Unruh, a shopper at the market, says “People are more gardening nowadays and they stay away from chemicals and sprays.” 

Unruh says it's simply safer to buy home-grown food. 

“Everything has some kind of salt, sugar, dyes, and some sort of chemical and we avoid that with organic foods.” 

And to top it off, local markets like this one offer one-on-one time for customers to ask what was used to treat the produce, if anything. 

“There's a relationship thing happening between consumer and grower,” Unruh said. 

And buyers say they have trust that what they're buying from local markets won't make them sick.