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Going to a farmer's market tends to be easier

• londons_explore 6y ago
  Very few farmers at a farmers market can honestly say the produce they're selling came from their farm. The vast majority comes from wholesale auctions just like everything else.
  • Moru 6y ago
    There is an organisation called "The Farmers Own Market" (but in swedish). The rule is 250 km max distance from farm to market. The people selling has to be involved in the physical farming to be allowed to sell there. There are also webstores that sell for pickup at the farm or a central place in bigger towns (usually a parking outside a shopping mall).
  • danaris 6y ago
    Well, dunno about where you live, but around here, "farmers' markets" are actually attended by genuine small farmers, who genuinely grow the genuine produce they sell. Multiple vendors at the local markets are also Community-Supported Agriculture farms, and we've personally had shares from one in recent years (though not currently). Of course, "around here" is in a rural area, surrounded by...farms.