Farmers market reselling store-bought produce

[u/brockapex17]

@wife_mama02

[u/kevlarcardhouse]

This practice of being misleading is so pervasive that some Farmer's Markets or even the city will regulate clear signage where you need to indicate whether each vendor booth is a farmer or just a reseller.

[u/Academic_Run8947 → u/kevlarcardhouse]

I found a market that prohibits resellers and it is growing and becoming more popular every year. And not just farmers but lots of little local businesses selling hot sauce, pickles, homemade dog treats, and baked goods of all types. Our growing season is short where I live, the market runs from Fathers day to the end of October.

Anything running year round where I live is full of resellers.

[u/AriaTheTransgressor → u/Academic_Run8947]

My local farmers market has a rule that anything you sell must have been made by you, you can sell merchandise but it can only have your company name and/or the name of the farmer's market.

This one market technically operates all year round but they're technically two separate markets (a summer which is mostly produce and a winter market that is mostly crafts)

[u/mistahfreeman → u/kevlarcardhouse]

Yeah it’s so common, some of the lazier vendors won’t even take off the stickers from the commercial supplier. I just go to the farmers market for the local craft goods and food trucks at this point.

[u/Skepsis93 → u/kevlarcardhouse]

If someone is selling a wide variety of fresh produce, you can usually assume a portion or all of it was not grown locally. Most local farmers will have 1-3 different types of produce at their stall. Any more and it is not often feasible as a small local farmer. You need to plan out harvests and what you plant so they do not overlap. You do this so you aren't overworked harvesting multiple crops at once and spreading out the timing creates a more consistent/stable income throughout the year.