What is a farmers market - really?

From dusksunset — Blog by Jean Feingold

March 8, 2009

There is no legal definition for the term “farmers market.” Believing it to be a popular and appealing concept, a supermarket will sometimes appropriate the term for what would otherwise be called a sale on fresh produce. Any place that wishes can use the term for whatever they sell.

But I am a purist. I formerly managed a farmers market and wrote a book about how to start and operate these places. Much research was done, both by looking at other markets and in setting up the one I ran. Because of my personal experience, I believe a real farmers market is a place where farmers sell what they grow and things made from what they grow and nothing else.

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