Comments on: Market Day http://dc.metblogs.com/2008/04/03/market-day/ Sat, 27 Nov 2010 12:28:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tiffany Bridge http://dc.metblogs.com/2008/04/03/market-day/comment-page-1/#comment-13453 Tiffany Bridge Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:42:57 +0000 http://dc.metblogs.com/2008/04/03/market-day/#comment-13453 I'm coming to believe that conventional produce and dairy from supermarkets is a false economy for anything I don't plan to use the same day... even farmer's market dairy lasts longer than what I get at the supermarket. And it's not all THAT much more expensive. That said, I tend to spend a lot more at farmer's markets simply because when the fruit looks that good, I tend to buy more OF it. But if that means I get more fruit and veggies in a week, that's not a bad thing. I’m coming to believe that conventional produce and dairy from supermarkets is a false economy for anything I don’t plan to use the same day… even farmer’s market dairy lasts longer than what I get at the supermarket. And it’s not all THAT much more expensive.

That said, I tend to spend a lot more at farmer’s markets simply because when the fruit looks that good, I tend to buy more OF it. But if that means I get more fruit and veggies in a week, that’s not a bad thing.

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