Farmers Market Cause Racial Bias...

[sid]

...more left wing garbage from academia. This study was funded by the National Science Foundation.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/12/28/farmers-markets-racially-biased-cause-environmental-gentrification-professors-say.html

[JB White]

Just more crap from someone who needed to write a paper to gain funding and was at a loss for subject matter.

[TomSudz]

Cracks me up that these people are "educated".

[bruce]

Not impressed with such stuff. Farmer's Markets I know about have been around for over 100 years. You go do there ... buy what you want right off the truck. Nothing much boutique about the food that is available. People of all races and backgrounds are there every day when vegetables, etc. are in season. Just shows that if someone wants to find something to complain about, they usually don't have to look real hard. JMHO. Sincerely. bruce.

[aintright]

At the end of the story it seems a couple of mouchers figured another angle to get govt. funding for another B.S. study . It's like any business place , either you want to do business there or you don't . The organic food suppliers have crept into the markets too and "organic food" usually runs a bit more .
But again , if you don't like the prices , you don't have to buy it .
Kenneth

[togor]

Was I the only one to see the hook? Who shops at these things? Upscale white Liberals and millennials. Fox curated the article as an opportunity to sow division in the ranks of its opponents. Instead of sneering at the researchers you're supposed to be saying "damn right, those Limo Liberals ruin everything!"

[JB White]

Was I the only one to see the hook? Who shops at these things? Upscale white Liberals and millennials.

Perhaps I have seen different? The one in the Chicago Loop seems to draw just about everyone. The one near my area seems to draw more blue collar Spanish speaking people. Of course Chicago is a city where us po' white folks are now a numerical minority.

[clintonhater]

Perhaps I have seen different? The one in the Chicago Loop seems to draw just about everyone. The one near my area seems to draw more blue collar Spanish speaking people. Of course Chicago is a city where us po' white folks are now a numerical minority.

Perhaps you have, if prices are at or below grocery store prices. Farmers' markets around here sell at prices double or triple grocery store prices--like for ex., $5 per doz. eggs (the only price I happen to remember). Of course, virtually all this food is supposed to be organically produced, so it's reasonable that production costs would be higher.

There are a few large non-organic farms & orchards in the area, and at their own farmstands, prices are quite a bit lower than grocery store prices--but, you have to go to them, they don't set up at farmers' markets.

[clintonhater]

Was I the only one to see the hook? Who shops at these things? Upscale white Liberals and millennials. Fox curated the article as an opportunity to sow division in the ranks of its opponents. Instead of sneering at the researchers you're supposed to be saying "damn right, those Limo Liberals ruin everything!"

But you can say that and STILL sneer at the idea of using bottomless Federal slush-funds to finance such worthless "studies."

[RED]

Around here there are a lot of fakes. People that have never farmed or grown anything go to the produce wholesale market in KC and buy their "organic" products and mark them up. Some times they would even leave them in the commercial boxes. How do I know this? For 15 years I had 44 peach trees, 18 pear trees, and 6 apple trees. My Olympic Asian Giant pears would bring $2 ea. and the Moonglow pears $2/lb. My biggest hit was the Alberta peaches. Nobody (around here anyway) grew them commercially because of their short shelf life. You could tell the real farmers by their containers... WalMart bags, wash tubs, and and wax chicken boxes.

[Allen]

Around here there are a lot of fakes. People that have never farmed or grown anything go to the produce wholesale market in KC and buy their "organic" products and mark them up. Some times they would even leave them in the commercial boxes. How do I know this? For 15 years I had 44 peach trees, 18 pear trees, and 6 apple trees. My Olympic Asian Giant pears would bring $2 ea. and the Moonglow pears $2/lb. My biggest hit was the Alberta peaches. Nobody (around here anyway) grew them commercially because of their short shelf life. You could tell the real farmers by their containers... WalMart bags, wash tubs, and and wax chicken boxes.

We had a huge farmers market in Mobile for many decades. The site was so big that there were concrete buildings along the perimeter and stands that were basically buildings w/o walls in the center. My grandfather and most others (regardless of color) that farmed from the 30's-50's sold most if not all their goods and produce here and made a decent living farming just 60 acres. He wasn't a vendor, he just sold to the dealers. He couldn't farm and sell at the same time. This was in the day and time before large grocery stores and people would buy from here. For meats they would just go to a local butcher shop. Across the bay in the county I live in people would travel to Mobile and buy what they didn't grow themselves and set up numerous fruit stands. I remember while growing up seeing all the variety's of watermelons. Now all you can buy is what is easiest to grow and ship. The same with cantaloupes. I've seen some as big as pumpkins but miss most the banana cantaloupes (also called banana melon). I've grown them myself simply because they can't be bought. They get large (30" or so) and smell up the whole yard--I had to put wooden hampers on mine to keep the rabbits off of them. Getting back to the farmers market and fruit stands. People expect to buy all their vegs at one place so the venders had to sell apples, pineapples, lettuce and such, none of which we can grow here. We have a large fruit market now in my hometown. It is basically a grocery store that doesn't sell meat. They sell what is locally grown plus everything else. I've seen watermelons there from NJ though we can grow them locally.

Gas stations used to just sell gasoline. Now you won't find one that isn't a convenience store as well. Same with the fruit markets. In order to attract people and sell enough to make a profit they have to sell everything under the sun. The sign out front that says "locally grown" is probably only speaking about the cashier.

The old farmers market in Mobile had degenerated for years from lack of sales, then hurricane Frederick (1979) put all the buildings on the ground. The last time I visited the place there were only a couple of make-shift stands there still selling fruit. My interest is spurred now to make a trip over there to see what is going on. Hopefully I'll find something productive there and not a subdivision like everywhere else.

The first picture is from Mobile. The second is a pic of a banana cantaloupe. The last 2 are just file pictures of some nice melons.

[dave]

Around here there are a lot of fakes. People that have never farmed or grown anything go to the produce wholesale market in KC and buy their "organic" products and mark them up. Some times they would even leave them in the commercial boxes. How do I know this? For 15 years I had 44 peach trees, 18 pear trees, and 6 apple trees. My Olympic Asian Giant pears would bring $2 ea. and the Moonglow pears $2/lb. My biggest hit was the Alberta peaches. Nobody (around here anyway) grew them commercially because of their short shelf life. You could tell the real farmers by their containers... WalMart bags, wash tubs, and and wax chicken boxes.

Same thing here in central MI. Some are real farmers but a lot of fakes, which ever, prices are higher then stores and quality not that much better! (according to the wife)

[JB White]

I've also seen what you guys have. Once the "Farmers Market" becomes known for what it is, then either let it die or simply laugh at the fools who insist on being parted with their money. I still see absolutely nothing racist about it.
For better prices one could always "stop by the truck" whenever they're parked at the roadside with their hand-made signs hawking what they have onboard. The cops don't seem to bother them much unless they back up traffic. (Helps to speak a little Spanglish sometimes)

Something to consider...don't some of those farmers markets charge a hefty fee for vendor space? Makes sense they would need to recoup that along with their sales if they plan on eating too.

[clintonhater]

For better prices one could always "stop by the truck" whenever they're parked at the roadside with their hand-made signs hawking what they have onboard. The cops don't seem to bother them much unless they back up traffic. (Helps to speak a little Spanglish sometimes)

Those roadside vendors are common around here, except during winter. What amazes me are that many are selling meat & fish, which I can't imagine buying from any unknown source. Once such a vendor pulled into my driveway offering to sell beef cuts at a relatively cheap price, but I cut him off short by saying I was a vegetarian--which is pretty close to the truth.

[Allen]

Once such a vendor pulled into my driveway offering to sell beef cuts at a relatively cheap price, but I cut him off short by saying I was a vegetarian--which is pretty close to the truth.

That's happened to me a couple of times. I've always been blunt with them saying: "I don't buy meat from the back of a truck".

I wish I could become a vegetarian.