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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

Lynn, that is when you ask them to taste one of your tomatoes.  The reason 
I'm willing to pay higher prices for produce (or meat or seafood) is all 
about taste .  Local taste better (produce anyway.  Local shrimp ,here, is 
pond raised freshwater - not the same).............bboford


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--- On Sun, 11/9/08, Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Produce auctions
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Sunday, November 9, 2008, 1:44 PM
> We had an odd situation here: we had a Farmers' Market,
> the guy who grew 
> some stuff/bought some from auction, and a supermarket all
> selling within 
> site of each other. It was an easy walk from one to the
> other. People would 
> come to me at the Farmers' Market and complain that we
> didn't have tomatoes 
> in May, while the other 2 places did. They didn't want
> to hear "locally 
> grown", they just wanted tomatoes.
> 
> Lynn Wigglesworth
> Tioga Co. PA
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Cathy" <goosecreekfarm AT gmail.com>
> To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 1:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Produce auctions
> 
> 
> >I noticed on the web site that produce brought in from
> more than 100 miles
> > away or grown by someone other than the seller could
> be auctioned, but 
> > must
> > be labelled non-local.
> >
> > Is it the experience of standing outside to shop for
> produce that intices
> > folks to buy non-local at a farmer's
> market/auction rather than just 
> > buying
> > from the supermarket? Or is it that prices are lower
> or are assumed to be
> > lower?
> >
> > A few blocks from here a gentleman spends 6 days a
> week sitting in front 
> > of
> > his garage selling produce, nuts, honey, etc.  Because
> of the 
> > out-of-season
> > offerings, it's clear the stuff is not being grown
> locally (certainly not 
> > in
> > his backyard).  I applaud his entreprenurial spirit
> and wish him well, but 
> > I
> > wonder what makes people stop in for strawberries.
> >
> > Cathy
> >
> > On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 12:31 PM, Lynn Wigglesworth 
> > <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>wrote:
> >
> >> The difference between a produce auction and a
> Farmers' Market is that
> >> produce auctions usually allow produce from other
> areas or countries. 
> >> Many
> >> Farmers' Markets today require the produce to
> be locally grown.
> >>
> >>
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