Comments on: This week’s market spoils… http://www.craftypod.com/2009/06/14/this-weeks-market-spoils/ Let's Make Stuff. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:01:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: ChristineMM http://www.craftypod.com/2009/06/14/this-weeks-market-spoils/comment-page-1/#comment-64936 ChristineMM Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:34:14 +0000 http://www.craftypod.com/?p=1108#comment-64936 Just a tiny rant of mine. While buying from local farmer's market stands I realized that 90% of the product they were selling was from the wholesaler, some from foreign countries. I was paying sometimes $1.50 more per pound of product to support local farmers but buying the same exact produce at the big chain grocery store 1/4 mile down the road! Ditto for 'farmer's markets'. A local farmer will sell one thing they grow (corn) and then offer up lots of imported other stuff, same brands (seen on box) as the big grocery store. That is cheating IMO. Other times vendors sell product says "Connecticut grown" but it is from other farmers, not them, they bought it at the wholesaler. I wish the produce was clearly marked. Now at farmer's markets I buy their own stuff they grow and ignore same produce at the booth next door that is imported. In other words the vendor in one booth fools the consumer so we don't give our money to the guy next door who grew his own produce. Just a tiny rant of mine. While buying from local farmer’s market stands I realized that 90% of the product they were selling was from the wholesaler, some from foreign countries. I was paying sometimes $1.50 more per pound of product to support local farmers but buying the same exact produce at the big chain grocery store 1/4 mile down the road!

Ditto for ‘farmer’s markets’. A local farmer will sell one thing they grow (corn) and then offer up lots of imported other stuff, same brands (seen on box) as the big grocery store.

That is cheating IMO.

Other times vendors sell product says “Connecticut grown” but it is from other farmers, not them, they bought it at the wholesaler.

I wish the produce was clearly marked.

Now at farmer’s markets I buy their own stuff they grow and ignore same produce at the booth next door that is imported. In other words the vendor in one booth fools the consumer so we don’t give our money to the guy next door who grew his own produce.

]]> By: ChristineMM http://www.craftypod.com/2009/06/14/this-weeks-market-spoils/comment-page-1/#comment-84182 ChristineMM Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:34:00 +0000 http://www.craftypod.com/?p=1108#comment-84182 Just a tiny rant of mine. While buying from local farmer's market stands I realized that 90% of the product they were selling was from the wholesaler, some from foreign countries. I was paying sometimes $1.50 more per pound of product to support local farmers but buying the same exact produce at the big chain grocery store 1/4 mile down the road! Ditto for 'farmer's markets'. A local farmer will sell one thing they grow (corn) and then offer up lots of imported other stuff, same brands (seen on box) as the big grocery store. That is cheating IMO. Other times vendors sell product says "Connecticut grown" but it is from other farmers, not them, they bought it at the wholesaler. I wish the produce was clearly marked. Now at farmer's markets I buy their own stuff they grow and ignore same produce at the booth next door that is imported. In other words the vendor in one booth fools the consumer so we don't give our money to the guy next door who grew his own produce. Just a tiny rant of mine. While buying from local farmer’s market stands I realized that 90% of the product they were selling was from the wholesaler, some from foreign countries. I was paying sometimes $1.50 more per pound of product to support local farmers but buying the same exact produce at the big chain grocery store 1/4 mile down the road!

Ditto for ‘farmer’s markets’. A local farmer will sell one thing they grow (corn) and then offer up lots of imported other stuff, same brands (seen on box) as the big grocery store.

That is cheating IMO.

Other times vendors sell product says “Connecticut grown” but it is from other farmers, not them, they bought it at the wholesaler.

I wish the produce was clearly marked.

Now at farmer’s markets I buy their own stuff they grow and ignore same produce at the booth next door that is imported. In other words the vendor in one booth fools the consumer so we don’t give our money to the guy next door who grew his own produce.

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