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.
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.
chaosppe@lemmy.world 18 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.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 18 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
chaosppe@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Honestly a shame with those farmers. Unfortunately why I had to include “in theory”
shalafi@lemmy.world 17 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.