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jeffhykin@lemm.ee 10 months agoThere’s usually still farmers markets within driving distance. Granted they’re not a replacement for a grocery store, but they have a lot of the essentials. There’s no middle ma getting a cut when buying from them. But also it’s important to go because otherwise the local markets won’t get any bigger.
Guess it depends on where you live.
In my hometown (rural Midwest), there’s a Walmart, a Schnucks (Midwest chain), maybe an IGA if it’s still around, and about five Dollar Generals (more convenience store than grocery). I don’t think I’ve seen a farmers market there my whole life, despite being literally in the middle of a million farms. Super odd now that I think about it.
I live in a rural area too, and there are at least 3 farmer’s markets within 25 miles of me. I would assume it’s common in most similar areas.
I don’t live in that particular rural area anymore, so it could just be my ignorance, who knows.
Xabis@lemmy.world 10 months ago
While those do exist where I live, the selection is usually limited to fruits and vegetables.
On top of that, the ones around here are time limited (growing season only; weekends only; etc).
jeffhykin@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Agreed. Ones near me (in Texas) usually have meats, eggs, nuts etc. But, to your point, this last summer it was so hot almost all of the chickens for all of the farmers stopped laying eggs. So we just couldn’t get eggs from the for half the summer.