Monday, October 3, 2016

Farmers Market

On September 22, I met with a local farmer at the farmers market. His wife, who also helps him in the farm, stayed at the stand while my group and him went to talk and learn more about what he does. What struck me most about the farmers market in general was how many people went. I definitely wasn't expecting there to be such a wide variety of materials for sale as well. Some questions we developed before arriving to the farmers market were how big his farm was, who else tends to the farm with him, and what type of food does he make. Each question he answered eagerly and to the best of his ability. The farm is 2.5 acres, and he works on it with his wife and father in law. When we asked what type of food he produced, he said vegetables, flowers, and mostly pickles. 6,000 pounds of pickles are produced per week! These are sold all throughout New England and goes through cooperation's like Sysco. Another question we asked him was why he likes to farm. He said he likes it because he feels food is very important and big cooperation's are taking over. Fresh food is so much better, and large productions put so many chemicals, preservatives, etc in their food. Unfortunately, I got a new phone so all of the pictures I took at the farmers market got deleted so I found one from online shown at the above left corner. I thought this connected with my sense of place in Salem because there is so much energy downtown. There is so much to explore and the people of Salem seem to just have so much to offer.

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