Sometimes it is because you are just not visiting a real farmers market...

and sometimes it's because farming in the area hasn't been competitive in decades, and cannot keep up with imports even if they cut out middle men and even if they get subsidised like hell, making you wish the government would just rip the band aid of instead of tying up workers in this industry without a future for another decade, food security my ass, what's the point of that if we aren't feeding people at all and instead turning perfectly good vegetables into bio-fuel since energy companies pay more for them then our starving population can?

Well fuck Pierre I guess.

Wow. This is a true shit take.

"Loss leader" is your clue.

I'll leave the rest to you to work out.

Some vendors and farmers markets are better than others. The quality is typically better, and seasonal and local produce that lasts longer and tastes better.

I'm fortunate to live in a city with multiple farmers markets, I found a great farmers market that restaurants often buy from.

It's just the scale of it. And people there are willing to pay more

1. Economy of scale doesn’t apply any more.
2. No-one is price-gouging the farmer.

The farmers around here apparently make artisanal bread, pheasant pasties and Greek olives.

What’s veg?

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