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Raleigh Farmers Market??
It seems like everytime I go out there, I see produce being delivered to
each vendor off the back of trucks in boxes. The same truck going from vendor to vendor. It seems like each vendor does their best to convince everyone that everything comes out of their own fields. I have bought really bad tomatoes from almost every vendor out there. Hard to believe everyone had a bad year. Not so hard to believe that one major distributor had ethylene rippened tomatoes that he sells to each vendor?? Does anybody have any idea how much of this produce is actually produced by each vendor or do they all buy from the same distributor?? |
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Raleigh Farmers Market??
In article .net, Julie wrote:
It seems like everytime I go out there, I see produce being delivered to each vendor off the back of trucks in boxes. The same truck going from vendor to vendor. It seems like each vendor does their best to convince everyone that everything comes out of their own fields. I have bought really bad tomatoes from almost every vendor out there. Hard to believe everyone had a bad year. Not so hard to believe that one major distributor had ethylene rippened tomatoes that he sells to each vendor?? Does anybody have any idea how much of this produce is actually produced by each vendor or do they all buy from the same distributor?? There are two sheds out there. The open shed closest to the entrance is supposed to be for farmers only. The other shed which is more enclosed is for vendors who stay open year round and are not farmers but retailers. There are probably few tomaotes under the farmers sheds right now because most fields have quit producing and few farmers grow greenhouse ripened tomatoes. If you are seeing a commerical truck then you must be seeing the retail side. They are basically getting the same produce you find in a grocery store. Greenhouse grown tomatoes can be tasty but quite expensive. -- Wes Dukes (wdukes.pobox@com) Swap the . and the @ to email me please. spam@www.spam.com is a garbage address. |
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Raleigh Farmers Market??
I was out there last week, on the lower level, and just about everyone had
tomatoes. The problem was, they were all terrible. While I was there I saw the same truck going down the row from vendor to vendor and off loading produce, including tomatoes. I heard the truck driver asking the vendor how many boxes they wanted of each item!!! wrote in message . .. In article .net, Julie wrote: It seems like everytime I go out there, I see produce being delivered to each vendor off the back of trucks in boxes. The same truck going from vendor to vendor. It seems like each vendor does their best to convince everyone that everything comes out of their own fields. I have bought really bad tomatoes from almost every vendor out there. Hard to believe everyone had a bad year. Not so hard to believe that one major distributor had ethylene rippened tomatoes that he sells to each vendor?? Does anybody have any idea how much of this produce is actually produced by each vendor or do they all buy from the same distributor?? There are two sheds out there. The open shed closest to the entrance is supposed to be for farmers only. The other shed which is more enclosed is for vendors who stay open year round and are not farmers but retailers. There are probably few tomaotes under the farmers sheds right now because most fields have quit producing and few farmers grow greenhouse ripened tomatoes. If you are seeing a commerical truck then you must be seeing the retail side. They are basically getting the same produce you find in a grocery store. Greenhouse grown tomatoes can be tasty but quite expensive. -- Wes Dukes (wdukes.pobox@com) Swap the . and the @ to email me please. spam@www.spam.com is a garbage address. |
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Raleigh Farmers Market??
In article .net, Julie wrote:
I was out there last week, on the lower level, and just about everyone had tomatoes. The problem was, they were all terrible. While I was there I saw the same truck going down the row from vendor to vendor and off loading produce, including tomatoes. I heard the truck driver asking the vendor how many boxes they wanted of each item!!! Lower level? The one closest to the entrance? wrote in message . .. In article .net, Julie wrote: It seems like everytime I go out there, I see produce being delivered to each vendor off the back of trucks in boxes. The same truck going from vendor to vendor. It seems like each vendor does their best to convince everyone that everything comes out of their own fields. I have bought really bad tomatoes from almost every vendor out there. Hard to believe everyone had a bad year. Not so hard to believe that one major distributor had ethylene rippened tomatoes that he sells to each vendor?? Does anybody have any idea how much of this produce is actually produced by each vendor or do they all buy from the same distributor?? There are two sheds out there. The open shed closest to the entrance is supposed to be for farmers only. The other shed which is more enclosed is for vendors who stay open year round and are not farmers but retailers. There are probably few tomaotes under the farmers sheds right now because most fields have quit producing and few farmers grow greenhouse ripened tomatoes. If you are seeing a commerical truck then you must be seeing the retail side. They are basically getting the same produce you find in a grocery store. Greenhouse grown tomatoes can be tasty but quite expensive. -- Wes Dukes (wdukes.pobox@com) Swap the . and the @ to email me please. spam@www.spam.com is a garbage address. -- Wes Dukes (wdukes.pobox@com) Swap the . and the @ to email me please. spam@www.spam.com is a garbage address. |
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Raleigh Farmers Market??
That's the one.
wrote in message . .. In article .net, Julie wrote: I was out there last week, on the lower level, and just about everyone had tomatoes. The problem was, they were all terrible. While I was there I saw the same truck going down the row from vendor to vendor and off loading produce, including tomatoes. I heard the truck driver asking the vendor how many boxes they wanted of each item!!! Lower level? The one closest to the entrance? wrote in message . .. In article .net, Julie wrote: It seems like everytime I go out there, I see produce being delivered to each vendor off the back of trucks in boxes. The same truck going from vendor to vendor. It seems like each vendor does their best to convince everyone that everything comes out of their own fields. I have bought really bad tomatoes from almost every vendor out there. Hard to believe everyone had a bad year. Not so hard to believe that one major distributor had ethylene rippened tomatoes that he sells to each vendor?? Does anybody have any idea how much of this produce is actually produced by each vendor or do they all buy from the same distributor?? There are two sheds out there. The open shed closest to the entrance is supposed to be for farmers only. The other shed which is more enclosed is for vendors who stay open year round and are not farmers but retailers. There are probably few tomaotes under the farmers sheds right now because most fields have quit producing and few farmers grow greenhouse ripened tomatoes. If you are seeing a commerical truck then you must be seeing the retail side. They are basically getting the same produce you find in a grocery store. Greenhouse grown tomatoes can be tasty but quite expensive. -- Wes Dukes (wdukes.pobox@com) Swap the . and the @ to email me please. spam@www.spam.com is a garbage address. -- Wes Dukes (wdukes.pobox@com) Swap the . and the @ to email me please. spam@www.spam.com is a garbage address. |
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Raleigh Farmers Market??
I believe the only requirement for the lowest building is that the produce
be grown in NC, but I have often seen cases from other states down there. I scrounge scraps to feed my chickens down there, so I do tend to notice stuff like that. Wonder whether it is worth asking the group that runs the market to check into it, or set new rules so the public knows what to expect! laurie (Mother Mastiff) "Julie" wrote in message hlink.net... That's the one. wrote in message . .. In article .net, Julie wrote: I was out there last week, on the lower level, and just about everyone had tomatoes. The problem was, they were all terrible. While I was there I saw the same truck going down the row from vendor to vendor and off loading produce, including tomatoes. I heard the truck driver asking the vendor how many boxes they wanted of each item!!! Lower level? The one closest to the entrance? wrote in message . .. In article .net, Julie wrote: It seems like everytime I go out there, I see produce being delivered to each vendor off the back of trucks in boxes. The same truck going from vendor to vendor. It seems like each vendor does their best to convince everyone that everything comes out of their own fields. I have bought really bad tomatoes from almost every vendor out there. Hard to believe everyone had a bad year. Not so hard to believe that one major distributor had ethylene rippened tomatoes that he sells to each vendor?? Does anybody have any idea how much of this produce is actually produced by each vendor or do they all buy from the same distributor?? There are two sheds out there. The open shed closest to the entrance is supposed to be for farmers only. The other shed which is more enclosed is for vendors who stay open year round and are not farmers but retailers. There are probably few tomaotes under the farmers sheds right now because most fields have quit producing and few farmers grow greenhouse ripened tomatoes. If you are seeing a commerical truck then you must be seeing the retail side. They are basically getting the same produce you find in a grocery store. Greenhouse grown tomatoes can be tasty but quite expensive. -- Wes Dukes (wdukes.pobox@com) Swap the . and the @ to email me please. spam@www.spam.com is a garbage address. -- Wes Dukes (wdukes.pobox@com) Swap the . and the @ to email me please. spam@www.spam.com is a garbage address. |
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Raleigh Farmers Market??
I thought I read at one time that produce at the Farmers Market was supposed
to be grown in NC, unless it was not then growing in NC (wrong time of ear) -- at which point, produce could come in from other states, but not from New Zealand, for example. (I think I saw an interview with someone from the NC Dept. of Agriculture, which presumably has its hands full with other matters at the moment.) Anne Lurie NE Raleigh "laurie (Mother Mastiff)" wrote in message hlink.net... I believe the only requirement for the lowest building is that the produce be grown in NC, but I have often seen cases from other states down there. I scrounge scraps to feed my chickens down there, so I do tend to notice stuff like that. Wonder whether it is worth asking the group that runs the market to check into it, or set new rules so the public knows what to expect! laurie (Mother Mastiff) |
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