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@kah9932 AAAHH! Finally some vindication!! I figured I would get a lot of heat about this, b/c most of the time, the fm's here are crowded with die-hards who think they're doing themselves a favor by shopping there weekly, but mainly they're only doing the farmers a favor, which I'm not opposed to, as long as you're aware that you're paying jacked up prices.

I hope you're right that more people will get savvy enough to know better, then the fm's will have no excuse not to put their prices in line with other, smaller ethnic markets and grocery stores.

Good article, but I've got to say, where I live, West LA region, the farmers market in my neighborhood on Sundays is definitely not the place to go for 'bargains". The stands are always popular, and I don't have any specific complaints, but I do not go there often, b/c their prices are higher, than other, more "urban" farmers markets in my region. I believe the farm stands fell that they can get more $ from those of us in this are, since it's considered "wealthy", but surely, those of us in the know, only go there, in a pinch! Even our local grocery stores realized this recently, and often their prices & produce, which generally come from the same farmers and growing regions, have better prices.

I DO watch HBO and enjoy it very much--as I enjoy FN and I think the point is, we don't expect Alton to use the F-word because he is always seems so articulate--"oh, bother" rather than what most of us would say--it's kind of like hearing your parents say the F-word--you don't expect it so it's kind of funny. And it's just a word.