Comments on: Big Surprise: Farmers’ Markets on the Increase

By: darren

darren — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:51:54 +0000

it sucks

By: Carla

Carla — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:01:22 +0000

That sounds like a good idea Valereee. I will start checking them out more too to show my support.

By: valereee

valereee — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:23:26 +0000

Carla, I agree! I just yesterday went to a brand-new-this-year farmers’ market in a lower-income neighborhood, to see how it’s doing. Establishing a new farmers’ market can be a real uphill climb for the first couple of years. They had maybe eight vendors, and there were people waiting to buy from them while they were setting up, so that’s promising. But it’s got a long way to go before it becomes a thriving market. I’m going to try to hit them a couple times a month next year, see if I can’t help them get off the ground.

By: Carla

Carla — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:10:12 +0000

The number of farmers markets has definitely increased in my area since 1994. What’s even better, they are growing in the urban and lower income neighborhoods where they don’t have the luxury of even mediocre grocery stores in their neighborhoods. The more, the better!

By: valereee

valereee — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:24:15 +0000

Pamela, it is a happy li’l chart, isn’t it? Although with the USDA’s apparent inability to find more than three farmers’ markets in my hometown when I can find dozens just by checking with localharvest.org, I do kind of wonder if there’s actually MORE farmers’ markets or if they’re just FINDING more of them as the years go by!

By: Pamela Price

Pamela Price — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:25:05 +0000

What a happy li’l chart! Thanks for posting this information.