Comment on YSK in the U.S., you can buy produce directly from black farmers and they will ship it to you. It can cost less than your supermarket and will piss off people in power.

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• Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  UK here but in my experience farmers markets cost vastly more. Shame because if a farmer just asked for cash and I can fill a sack of potatoes myself for less cost than a supermarket I would go for it. I don’t need a fancy hipster shop front.

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  • chaosppe@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Problem with farmers market is it costs farmers to have the stall there, to move all their produce and they even need to man it. Supermarkets do it cheaper because it’s bulk. In theory you would have to go directly to the farms for a discount.

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    • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Farm shops, so literally on the farm. Are also very expensive! The ones I see are usually targeting the middle class market so I don’t really go there. I would go to a barn if it was cheaper than a supermarket

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      • chaosppe@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Honestly a shame with those farmers. Unfortunately why I had to include “in theory”

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    • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Stalls cost jack around here. $30 for the main market downtown, $20 at either flea market. Manning it ain’t much when you have a family doing it for free and it’s only on Saturday.

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