Down the road there is a shed built by the road with a refrigerator. Put $2 in the box on top and get a dozen eggs. One of their adult sons is a special needs person. And we sold them a flock of young Red Ranger hens we had and did not need. Now he has 30 something pet hens who follow him around and leave eggs everywhere. It is a good arrangement for their son; and they pass on the gift to the lower income families.
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Before Covid, I walked to the farmers market during break. They have food vendor, produce, and snack. We often buy banana walnut loaf and the dried vegetable. On occasion, I buy tamale with sauce or a sandwich if I’m extremely hungry and if there is no line. One time, I purchased grape and I like it. The grape is nice and firm, but once in the mouth it just break apart or pop once bitten. Everything change after Covid. Some of the vendor was not there. Some of the friendly sellers that know us a regular changed. It cost much more than before. We stop going there.
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A couple years ago our City… started a Farmers Market in our local City Park. We have never had one in the past.
It happens one day per week on Wednesday.
I have never been to it… my wife either.
I need to check it out sometime.
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Went to Green Yellow Fruit Market in Hollywood Fl, had a pretty decent haul. Mamey Sapote, Cherimoya, sweetsop, canistal, tree tomatos, pepino, mamocillo and jamun (java plum). Apperently I was a week late for ice cream bean, which was disappointing, but still excited with what I got.
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When I was up for the USDA Geneva Field Day I hit a couple of the Rochester New York Farmers Markets. Wow. Your farmers markets are different than the Texas ones. The Rochester Public Market, I was amazed to see so many produce vendors. Though I think those folks mostly buy their produce, not grow it. (They have a really good juice vendor there too).
On Sunday I found one in southern Rochester (Henrietta?) at a local high school. WOW! There were so many vegetable vendors and it looked like these actually grew their own produce. The garlic was large, not the puny types we have in Texas. All the vegetables looked good for the most part. I saw alot of potatoes for sale.
Driving around I saw alot of little produce stands too.
I suspect it’s alot easier to grow produce in up state new york. That could be a factor too.
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My experience is much more positive - I regularly visit two farmer’s markets and they both thrive with all kinds of produce you can imagine. Everything from the general produce stands, to stands dedicated to specific niche things, for example a guy who is selling just the heirloom tomatoes.
That being said, having lived in various places in the US, both produce and farmer’s markets here have been an extreme outlier (in a good way).
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