Comments on: Mira Mesa Farmer’s Market is Back! http://www.miramesa.com/mira-mesa-farmers-market-is-back/ Mira Mesa Community Website Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:43:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Glenda Hamilton http://www.miramesa.com/mira-mesa-farmers-market-is-back/comment-page-1/#comment-1006 Glenda Hamilton Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:08:27 +0000 http://www.miramesa.com/?p=2240#comment-1006 I think the farmers' market has gone downhill since last year. I am a devoted shopper and i have noticed there are fewer fruit/veggie vendors and some of those are obviously not monitored. Last week I noticed Brussel sprouts at one stand for $2/pound and pre-made plastic bags with sprouts also for $2. When I asked them to weigh the package, the clerk claimed it was a pound, but the scale showed only 3/4 pound. This week, the green beans in plastic weighed the same as the loose beans cost per pound, but when i got the beans home, over half were so dried out and in the first stages of decay I had to throw them away. Most of us go to the market for FRESH produce and don't mind paying a little more, after my past two experiences, I will go back to Henry's or a Farmers market in another area for honest weight and really fresh produce. - Glenda Hamilton I think the farmers’ market has gone downhill since last year. I am a devoted shopper and i have noticed there are fewer fruit/veggie vendors and some of those are obviously not monitored.
Last week I noticed Brussel sprouts at one stand for $2/pound and pre-made plastic bags with sprouts also for $2. When I asked them to weigh the package, the clerk claimed it was a pound, but the scale showed only 3/4 pound. This week, the green beans in plastic weighed the same as the loose beans cost per pound, but when i got the beans home, over half were so dried out and in the first stages of decay I had to throw them away. Most of us go to the market for FRESH produce and don’t mind paying a little more, after my past two experiences, I will go back to Henry’s or a Farmers market in another area for honest weight and really fresh produce.

- Glenda Hamilton

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