Comment 47631

By jasonaallen (registered) - website | Posted September 13, 2010 at 14:29:37

This is a fabulous development - we stopped going to the Downtown Farmer's market altogether, because many (most?) of the stalls were selling fruit and veggies that were WAY out of season - clearly not farmers at all. The fact that one of the early versions of that Market's billboard featured a kid holding a bunch of bananas only served to reinforce that point.

We have moved to the Ottawa St. market (along with a share of Backyard Harvest's CSA), and although it requires us to drive there, we have built some great relationships with some great local growers - relationships we value more than the convenience of being able to walk to a downtown market.

To say nothing of the fact that supporting local growers is the right thing to do, these are relationships that could be usefull if a sudden spike in oil prices were to lead to some challenges in the supply chains of major grocery stores...if you catch my drift.

H+H is right, though - the OFT vendors will probably not 'go quietly into that good night..."

Interesting times ahead.

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