is there any point in going to these? last time i went there were acouple fruit & veg vendors and the rest were nearby places hawking pies cookies lemonade honey coffee etc at a markupthe fruit & veg may have been better quality than the store but not enough to justify 2-3x the price
>>22075769>the fruit & veg may have been better quality than the store but not enough to justify 2-3x the priceIf you think that, don't buy those things there.
>>22075790The ones in my city mandate it must be made by you or grown by you if selling produce/meat. We have the largest farmers market in the United States that's solely locally made/produced.
>>22075790When I realized this I stopped going. I'd rather buy a banana from 7/11 than pay 2x the price to support some produce scalper.
>>22075769met me wife at one, laddie
>>22075806Thank God that sort of Jewish faggotry is banned then at the markets in my city
The ones that have actual local farm produce and local food products are great. I hear in some places there are fake farmers market that just sell supermarket produce.
>>22075914|>||Excellent post fellow gentile
>>22075911That is a legit thing. Supermarkets send out employees to farmers markets to sell borderline and expired shit to make extra coin.
>>22075935How does that work though? The farmers markets in my city have produce and food from real farms in the area. They're all old established farms you can look up and the meat and seafood also obviously comes from local producers. I'm pretty sure that's how it works everywhere that has real farmers markets. You can tell just by looking at the foods that it's not from a supermarket. I don't understand how people can be tricked by supermarket products at a farmers market. Do the sellers have fake farm names and hire crunchy hippies and dykes to work the stands?
>>22075769Love them. I go to the one at Union Square (NYC) all the time for apple cider, cheese, bread, pickled asparagus, whatever. Love Samascott cider, ain't getting that in grocery stores.
>>22075958> Do the sellers have fake farm names and hire crunchy hippies and dykes to work the stands?Yes.
>>22075967>Upstate farms have the good shit you people will never have.Where do you think a lot of the offerings at the NYC farmers markets comes from? Are you stupid?
>>22075978seek help
There is simply no way to verify these veggies are home grown.
>>22076017It does. Look up mineral content of market veggies - it's dropped by over 90% in the last century.A good gardener can maintain great soil, much better than some mass farm populated by cholos doing the job for $2 an hour.
It depends on the market. The one in my city is mostly Amish flowers and baskets, SAHM crafts like candles and cards, and food trucksThe city over has the good stuff like meats, produce, and local honey though
>>22075769I only go to the farmers market by me to mooch off the free samples.
I know most of the farms at mine. They supply a lot of the produce used by top restaurants. I do not buy from the "urban" collectives due to concerns about soil contaminants and the attributes of urban "farmers." But I shop my local farmers market twice per week during summer and early fall. Better than grocery store quality.
Unless you're in the middle of bumfuck egypt where there literally aren't any supermarkets, farmers' markets are just for suburban/exurban, middle-class, white folk to socialize. Not saying that's a bad thing, but that's why the good Lord gave us churches and the Sabbath Day; so don't expect too much.
>>22076186>$8.99 a pound for red cherriesThis is why I don’t go anymore
