A recent article in the new journal "Solutions" talks about a growing trend at Farmer's Markets to accept food stamps - making it more affordable and practical for impoverished people to access healthy and fresh foods.
This is undoubtedly good news (and really, a moral imperative when you think about it.) However, it does not address the issue of a growing co-opting of all of these new healthier food trends by embedded industrial agricultural interests. Reports are out now that many of the Farmer's Markets that we hold dear and believe are helping both our own health and the health of the planet are actually run by large industrial entities that sell you the same food that you could get at your local big-box supermarket. Don't be fooled - not all Farmer's Markets are created equal.
So, what can you do to make sure you're getting the local, holistically farmed foods that you want? Talk to the farmers, do your homework, and gosh-darn-it, get out there and visit some farms too. You might actually enjoy it.
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