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Why are farmer’s markets suffering? Dear, no bread in the world is worth that much. When you responded that the price of your lilies were $12 each is why her face soured and she walked away. You see, greed is powerful. Jack up the price too much and it goes from being quality to a plain old rip-off. Had the pickles been six dollars/jar I would have bought a couple jars, but I bought none because your greed over-balances the price. Yes, you sold some. Some. Imagine how many you could have sold. —Not Stupid
This article appears in May 7-13, 2015.
But you’re not paying for the product; you’re paying for the smug of supporting local.
its the number one problem i have with the whole buy local movement. Yes i’ll pay more for local goods. Up to even 20% more. Not 350% more however
I was excited to learn that a farmers market was going to be held up here in my neck of the woods. I saw the $7 bread and laughed.
What was worse were stalls with no prices on their products; I just kept on walking by. If you don’t put the price, I know you want too much.
They had one chance to impress me and that failed miserably.
For those farmers considering renting a stall, I won’t be back…
They’re ‘farmers’, not business people. Its why the Risleys of the world do so well.
“The smug of supporting local” nails it. Once the gov’t got on board with ‘local’ license plates you knew the jig was up.
But you must remember that it is not so much the product itself which is central but rather the buying experience. To buy a $7 loaf of bread elevates the quality of one’s experience – otherwise humdrum, repetitive and quotidian – up to another register. It is not a matter of degree but of kind. Cheap at twice the price, I say.
$6 for a jar of pickles?
If you are happy with mass produced factory bread then by all means keep eating it and enjoy the savings. Myself, I don’t mind spending more for a product that I consider to be of superior quality. The price premium exists because it was made in small batches and extra care was taken with the ingredients and the cooking. And the freshness demands that it be made locally.
In my mind, the taste of really good bread is incomparable so I’m willing to pay substantially more for it. It’s not about the “buy local” mantra – it’s about the quality.
But that bread was made with grain that was the watered with Avian and fed individually with a syringe. Then each grain was blessed, then ground by her vagina.
Stupid hipster bread!!!
Excuse me for changing the subject a bit….A couple years ago Lubelaws grocery store chain cut the discount on almost dated meats and dairy to 30% from 50%,if the food isn’t sold by the best before date Lubelaws chains turf the food in the garbage..When your a low income family there’s a big difference between 30% and 50%.
Evian. Fuck you predictive text!!!
At the old market there was a mennonite woman who sold zucchini bread for 4 bucks a loaf or something like that. A reasonable price because and shit was fan fucking tastic. Wish I knew where she ended up after the market shakeup.
Pretty sure they are not in trouble at all? Pretty sure there are more all the time?
Cranky the mennonites are at the Seaport, next to the entrance by the statue. Still amazing stuff, oatmeal cookies especially.
Ah the cost of being an eco-hipster. Some people will buy anything if it has the words “Local”, “Free Range”, or “Fair Trade” in it. The newest fad scam.
Cool, thanks. Those cookies are equally good. Will have to go to the market at least once this year.
uh, $7 a loaf is crazy. Stuff made by local bakers if of course going to cost more to produce than the stuff you would get at a major grocery store, but $7 for a loaf is double what you would pay for a “baked in store” loaf at Soughbys or SooperStore. If they want us to buy local then they need to meet us half way. I don’t mind paying more for the local stuff but that is just way too big of a gap.
I’ve discovered that bread is really frickin easy to make. I can do it for $0.80/loaf for white bread. It’d probably cost a little more for breads with fancy grains.
That being said, if people want to charge $7 a loaf and other people will pay it… Good for them. What’s it to you? People pay $300 for handbags; I think it’d stupid but hey, it’s their money.
You can give a couple bucks more to your neighbor, or be a clueless fool and go to wal-mart. Its your own simpleton, mindless choice.
There’s the eco-hipster I’m talking about, freely throwing his money away for overpriced items, thinking they are doing something noble.
Asshole.
Not you, Bro.
You ever notice all the trucks and panel vans lined up around the market? Not exactly my neighbours. Oh no, walmart!!! fack off.
It’s the damn city deciding that prime real estate is the best choice as to where to put the farmer’s market. If they chose a more reasonable place to locate the market then farmers wouldn’t have to make their prices so high. Silly planning.
For 7 bucks, it’d better be cheese bread loaf and as long and thick as my arm.
frig that.
As for making your own… I like a quick soda bread for my bet.
Unless I’m brewing beer, I’m not particularly fond of dealing with yeast.
For some reason, I thought yeast was your thing, bro.