I ran into this video a while back when I decided to do a little patio garden. I was going to ping it to Judy back then but got busy and forgot.
This is happening in Canada but it could be happening here in the US also. Except for CA they keep a close watch.
“Farmers market lies exposed: hidden camera investigation. Is the produce you’re buying at the farmers market grown locally? Marketplace goes on an undercover shopping trip and catches vendors lying about where their produce is grown.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYwB63YslbA
I’ll be late for breakfast, at the emergency vet with Cotton. Her eye is swollen and red, and she’s under 7 lbs now - she hasn’t eaten well since a tooth abscess 2 weeks ago
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I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s not happening in the US, at least in some places. At our farmers market, the vendors are vetted and you can go to their websites (and their farms!) and check them out.
Not saying they can’t be sneaky and buy some commercially grown produce if they feel they don’t have enough to sell. And I’m always suspicious of people selling stuff well before the season for that item to be ready if grown locally. Like selling tomatoes in May.
There used to be a place in Nashville that would purchase rejected truck shipments of produce (which they got cheap), then turn around and sell them to vendors who then sold the produce at the farmers market in Nashville. And probably elsewhere, if truth be told.
That’s kinda the reason I like the idea of a CSA; they know how many people they need to raise for but you know for sure it’s grown locally. If the crop fails, then you don’t get any.