It is often stored in deep cold / fridge though. I worked on an organic farm for several years. Only way to keep food fresh for weeks if needed. You can't sell everything every week, even with a CSA, if you have a productive farm.
The farms that supplied the farmer's markets that I attended weren't big enough to take more than an hour to pick them bare. Because they were very nurtured, they'd grow enough in a week to cover their tables. I don't eat enough vegetables to keep a farmer's market in business.
The only way that produce bought at a farmer's market is consistently better is freshness.
Most of the farmer's markets I have attended are stocked with produce that the participants picked from their own farm just before bringing it to the market. In many cases, they didn't wash it first.
Food from a farmer's market is routinely many weeks fresher and seldom ever frozen.
It is often stored in deep cold / fridge though. I worked on an organic farm for several years. Only way to keep food fresh for weeks if needed. You can't sell everything every week, even with a CSA, if you have a productive farm.
The farms that supplied the farmer's markets that I attended weren't big enough to take more than an hour to pick them bare. Because they were very nurtured, they'd grow enough in a week to cover their tables. I don't eat enough vegetables to keep a farmer's market in business.
Pesticides or organic?
Pesticides or organic what?
Are farmer market produce really better if they are not organically grown?
Well, if buying conventional at the grocery store or conventional at the farmer’s market, I will take the farm.
Also, some farmers grow organically but can’t pay for the official certification. If you talk with them though, you find out how they practice.
Have you studied the USDA's organic standards well enough to know that they are nothing more than a promotional scheme?
The only way that produce bought at a farmer's market is consistently better is freshness.
Most of the farmer's markets I have attended are stocked with produce that the participants picked from their own farm just before bringing it to the market. In many cases, they didn't wash it first.