• CodingCarpenter@lemmy.ml
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    13 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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      12 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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        12 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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          11 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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      11 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.