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Rob R
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Barefoot Andrew Downsizer Moderator
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Rob R
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chez
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Posted: Thu Nov 26, 09 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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I agree with the people who have said that the question is a very strawy straw man. The farmers markets we have anything to do with are ALL about local. Organic comes a small second, if at all.
We do Wellington Farmer's market, which is two Saturday mornings a month and is in a scout hall very central to the town - mostly inside, a bit outside. Ma sells mainly cut flowers at that one and there are plant sellers, veg, goat-products (not milk, soap, cheese, that kind of thing), a pie chap, butcher, venison, bread, eggs and trees. It is a vibrant little market - probably due to the fact that people who are shopping in the town centre anyway can pop in - that is worth going to for both consumers and producers. There is a lot of local produce and very little organic.
One Saturday a month we do Cotford, which is essentially a modern housing estate - the market is in the school hall. That is a bit more 'crafty' in it's base and people have to make a special effort to come out to shop at it. It is not doing nearly so well and many stallholders are not even covering the cost of their stall. There is talk that this week will be the last one. |
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Rob R
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Jonnyboy
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Posted: Thu Nov 26, 09 7:22 pm Post subject: Re: Farmers Markets: do you have an opinion you'd like to sh |
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Mary-Jane wrote: |
The title of her research is: "Are Farmers' Markets raising the profile of organic foods or simply pandering to a minority?"
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As a consumer, my personal opinion is that farmers markets are working against the profile of organic food in that they provide a sensible, ethical and informed choice to consumers that can result in them choosing an alternative to organic. Whereas previously they would have seen it as the panacea of ethical shopping.
I would go further and say that from the markets I regularly visit, locally sourced food now takes a higher profile than organic. Most of the key buzzwords I see revolve around 'small, local, family, traditional' etc. It's almost as if the core of farmers markets are slowly evolving 'backwards' towards the original market concept.
Also I have seen a growth in the less traditional stalls cropping up - coffee, paintings, candles, and a huge amount of hot food stalls - curries, mexican, bloody crepes , which I assume cater for the farmers market experience rather than the actual shopping for meat, cheese, bread and vegetables bit |
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jamanda Downsizer Moderator
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Rob R
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