Crappy Produce At The Farmer’s Market — What Gives?
Do they really grow what they sell?
Your produce journey might be like mine.
You always considered farmer’s markets expensive. So, you treated them like a special occasion. Maybe as a splurge or your once or twice a month fruit and vegetable expenditure.
But then!
Two things happened simultaneously.
- The quality of the produce at the supermarket started to deteriorate rapidly from an already substandard baseline.
- The cost of the produce at the supermarket started to get — and remains — a lot more expensive.
So, you shifted to purchasing a majority of your produce at your local farmer’s market, supplementing what they don’t have or charge way too much for by picking up a few fruits and vegetables alongside shopping trips for your other groceries.
For the most part, this is working out for me.
Most issues I encounter are easy to swallow because I have visions of life in Spain dancing in my head. When my wife and I move there in January, we’ll be within walking distance of several well-stocked, fairly-priced and quality local neighborhood markets.
Such as this one —
