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Originally Posted by Father'sDaughter
Our local "Farmer's Market" has evolved into more of an artisan fair with very few actual farmers.
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My family have been market vendors since 1982. I have been hearing my grandparents talk about the "flea market" effect all my life. If a market lets everyone be a vendor, it drives out the few quality vendors and especially the real farmers. Our market has rejected so many artisan-type vendors, that this year they started their own farmer's market on the other side of town, same day and same time. A public school lets them use their parking lot for free, but the market manager is trying to rent spaces for $400/year. They also make a lot of snide comments on facebook. My grandma said that this is the third time that a competing market has sprung up. All of them failed within a year or two.