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12276312 No.12276312 [Reply] [Original]

Just got back from my local one. Whole chickens (frozen) for $30, 1.5L kombucha $15, dozen eggs $7.50. These are syrup dollars fwiw.

What a joke. Just virtue signalling to feel good about "supporting local boomer *farmer*" who probably is semi retired and does this as a side project
Im going to costco

>> No.12276431

>>12276312
Sounds like an overpriced one, but don't get any of that shit from there. Go to a butcher for meat. Supermarket eggs are literally fine. Kombucha is disgusting spoiled tea. Farmer's market for fresh produce only.

>> No.12276436

How do they justify charging more than supermarkets when their whole appeal is supposedly cutting out the middleman?
You sell me your stuff cheaper than the supermarket sells it to me and we both make a profit.

>> No.12276439

>>12276312
What kind of an idiot goes to a farmer's market and doesn't buy any produce?

>> No.12276446

>>12276436
I donut know but its the same all around, i tried buying goat milk and it was $20 a gallon and i co plained and the roastie literally told me i should be feeling fortunate to have access to "artisan" products

>>12276431
I know, but i wanted to check it out. I thought i could get some nice root veg you cant find in stores like sunchokes but the offerings were pitiful and so expensive.
I did buy a bottle of kombucha but it was more autism at not being able to say no after trying multiple samples they foisted on me

>> No.12276450

>>12276439
There was fuck all, some expenaive ass potatoes and other overpriced radishes. Too early in season i guess. These niggas must never heard of a greenhouse.

>> No.12276453

>>12276446
>stories that never happened

>> No.12276457

>Kombucha
The most reddit drink of all time

>> No.12276462

>>12276450
>lives in Canada
>complains about lack of variety and prices at a farmer's market in May

Do you have any idea how farming works?

>> No.12276468

>>12276453
What do you not believe? I LIVE IN CANADA you nigger. Having to endure this and then being told by some anon it didnt occur is infuriating. You have no idea how bad it is here. You want to see the actual jewbook post of the cunt replying to me? Fuck off

>> No.12276471

>>12276462
Nigger. Do you know what a heated greenhouse is? Dont call urself a fuckin farmer if u cant grow stuff year round. Pathetic.

>> No.12276478
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12276478

>Whole chickens (frozen) for $30
Fuck me, how big was that chicken? For $5 more I can get 2kg AOP Bresse chickens flown in from France where I live for fucks sake.

>> No.12276481

>>12276471
Because everything grows in a hot humid environment? You can grow anything in a shallow platter box?
Are you pretending to be retarded on purpose?

>> No.12276499

>>12276481
If you haven't had hydroponic beets you haven't lived

>> No.12276543

>>12276499
Hydroponics and hothouses are 2 different things.

Also, gross

>> No.12276564

>>12276543
oh shit they are??? wow thanks for clearing that up, cuck

>> No.12276579

>>12276478
Regular size, fren. And it was not fresh, it was out of a freezer.

>>12276481
Wtf are you on about? You can grow anything in a greenhouse with climate control. Lol

>> No.12276583

>>12276481
t. "Artisan" farmer

Lol

>> No.12276591

>>12276436
That is not the idea behind farmers markets at all. Shit is more expensive there because it's made on a much smaller scale, no one goes to farmers market for cheaper produce, it's to support local shit, buy "organic" shit, or get stuff not normally available in supermarkets

>> No.12276594

>>12276579
>climate control
So you want a farmer to set up a $200k green house and then wonder why it cost $4 for a tomato?

>> No.12276605

>>12276579
Are you fucking retarded? Do you know how big farmers land is and why they need so many acres? Oh why not just build a 50 acre green house problem solved!

Farmers aren’t even seeding yet you stupid fuck

>> No.12276614

>>12276591
since I know OP is in canada it is safe to say any farmers market is a scam. people just buy wholesale vegetables and shill them masquerading as small scale farmers to get yuppie money. it's gross but the way of the world.

>> No.12276622

>>12276605
I started my tomatoes a month and a half ago, anon. Not all parts of the world have the same growing seasons.

>> No.12276665

Niggers are fucking disgusting.

>> No.12276672

>>12276312
>What a joke. Just virtue signalling to feel good about "supporting local boomer *farmer*" who probably is semi retired and does this as a side project

yes. Farmer's Market's *should* be lower cost than grocers but products are sold for what people are willing to spend, not for what it costs to provide. Virtue signalling wannabe feel-goods dominate the Farmer's Market group and they'll just waste money, most of the time.

That's how fucked we are in America.

>> No.12276688

>>12276672
Your reading comprehension is why we are fucked in America. OP clearly said he was Canadian and he is complaining about only finding winter vegetables in may.

>> No.12276697

>>12276688
I'm telling you American farmer's markets aren't any different. They're more expensive than the grocer for the same reasons.

>> No.12276715

>>12276605
Having a meltie eh . Boomer farmers crash and burning

>> No.12276719

>>12276688
Read my original post about $30 chickens ya noob

>> No.12276722

>>12276697
Its because it costs more to produce, dummy. Same reason that Walmart has killed local shops

>> No.12276726

>>12276672
>yes. Farmer's Market's *should* be lower cost than grocers but products are sold
Nonsense.

Grocery stores sell indsutrial crops produced by big ag. Big ag receives government assistance, has efficiency of scale advantages, and tend to grow crops optimized for yeild, not quality.

Most small-scale farmers that I know don't get subsidies, don't have the benefit of economy of scale, and they select cultivars based on quality rather than yeild and being able to survive long distance shipping. You're comparing apples and oranges yet aren't even aware of it.

>> No.12276745

>>12276622
Yes but we are talking about Canada, unless you live on the coast you won’t be able to reliably grow anything until around now or a few weeks from now.

My province still can snow at this time of year let alone frost, and we grow basically all of Canada’s wheat in the prairies, along with all kinds of beans, corn, mustard seed, canola and ect

>> No.12276750

>>12276715
No you incels are just laughably ignorant to the world around you and need to be taught otherwise

>> No.12276768

>>12276431

Literally fine? If they're fine they're fine, no need to qualify with "literally"