01-08-2018, 12:57 PM
(01-05-2018, 11:38 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: Farmers markets attract more middle class and upper middle class patrons. Hosting these markets that tend to then be populated with higher priced produce and trendy merchants helps speed up gentrification which usually is a detriment to the poorer population that once made up the area.
At least this is the trend here in Baltimore.
Thank you for the response. I will say that this is exactly the opposite of what you encounter here in the LA area. The produce is no more expensive and the crowd at the market is rather diverse. It's a nice way for local farmers, of which CA has plenty, to sell their produce directly to the consumer at reasonable prices, while still making more of a profit than selling wholesale. I wonder if the tamales vendor or the other myriad hispanic food vendors there realize they're reinforcing "white people food".
It's almost like making a definitive statement based on a broad generalization of what a farmer's market is, and does, is a bad idea.
