06-19-2009, 06:21 AM
The last two times I went to the Hilo farmer's market, I couldn't help but notice how many stalls had the same veggies, that looked the same, and were priced exactly the same. I got little sense that they were grown on different farms. Most of the vendors seemed like sales people, not farmers. Really makes me wonder. The price-fixing is a real turnoff to me. I prefer shopping there as I have a dislike of shopping in the cold produce section under fluorescent lights, but honestly I'm not so sure the produce is much less commercial.