• Ledivin@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    I guess I just live somewhere with real farms? There are 3 weekly farmers markets near me. All of them are something like 1/2 to 2/3 of the cost, and at least triple the quality of the grocery store.

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      10 hours ago

      I’m literally surrounded by farms and the store is cheaper. Unless it’s upick. When you pick it yourself it’s crazy cheap

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        9 hours ago

        I’m curious, is your farmer’s market like a grocery store or more like a bunch of kiosks in a central location once a week?

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          9 hours ago

          It’s a bunch of stands from local farmers and small businesses. They take up two streets in downtown every Saturday morning

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            8 hours ago

            That’s unfortunate. That’s more like a flea market being sold as a farmers market. An actual farmers market is just a grocery store with local products.

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        8 hours ago

        Even with upick, it’s more expensive. The cost per pint of blueberries or strawberries we pick on the local farm is way more expensive than the grocery store. I guess they’re charging us for the experience.

        Same thing for apples. $25 for a peck. We went to the store after and the same size bag was 99 cents.