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Quality of Farmer's Markets
1. Quality and variety of produce
2. Affordability to a large portion of the economic spectrum
3. Availability (daily versus once a week)
4. Centrality of location
5. Physical layout
TASMIN: WOULDNT IT MAKE SENSE TO MENTION THESE AS >>>>> FARMERs MARKET QUALities?
Definition of a Local Market; markets in which the products sold are locally produced, i.e. a farmers market
Tiers of Food Distribution
The money that is spent with local farmers and growers all stays close to home and is reinvested with businesses and services in your community.
Sadly, the American farmer is a vanishing breed- fewer than 1,000,000,000 people (less than 1%) of Americans claim farming as a primary occupation.
It’s no wonder-- it’s hard to make a living when the industrial farmer (get less than 10 cents of every retail food dollar.)
Which system do you support?
By buying locally, the middleman disappears and the farmer gets full retail price, in turn helping farmers continue to farm! We hope that the next time you need to buy anything, be it food or anything else, you’ll buy local whenever possible.
Definition of a global market: markets in which food can travel long distances from where it is grown in order to be sold; i.e. Trader Joe's, Whole Foods
Advantages of Industrial Agriculture (Supermarkets)
Greater food variety and availability
Cheap labor = Cheap food!
Timeliness of operation
Large-scale production sites
Profitable export markets
Specialization
Greater non-farmer workforce in US
Profitable chemical input industry