Nashville farmers market finally gave the boot to every vendor that wasn't either local or selling their own produce. This removed about 60% of the vendors but I think it will only be a short time before more local purveyors move in the openings. We were just at the market yesterday and there were people from Georgia and S. Carolina but most were all from middle Tennessee. It was pretty bare bones and to my approval it was actually JUST seasonal vegetables and fruit.
The old market was frustrating and I had stopped buying produce there. I went in April to find "local" tomatoes, melons, and corn. I politely asked the "farmer" where he had gotten his produce this early in the year and he wouldn't give me a straight answer....he said "those are from South of here". The thing that really made me mad was him selling collards that were bundled in the same twist ties that you see at the local grocery store (Kroger). It even had the #sku number on it.
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