Reply #117: FYI, Produce at "Farmer's Markets" can be worse than at commercial stores. [View All]

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"Some" small scale farmers WILL use MORE pesticides than a commercial operation,
and then tell you to you face that "Oh Sure. All my stuff is organic!"

It happens.
Nobody checks.
Many retired "Organic" farmers DEPEND on the few dollars they make at the farmers markets,
and "some" WILL pour on the pesticides if their crop is threatened.
A BIG part of the commitment to growing pesticide/herbicide free produce is the willingness to lose a crop in a bad year.
With the economy declining and costs going UP, that willingness to lose a crop is in ever shorter supply.

One "tell" (for example) is if someone shows up at the market selling a load of squash,
and nobody else has any that year because of a Squash Bug infestation.
Be wary of any vendor who is selling produce that nobody else has.

As far as I know, there is no such thing as an Organic Peach.
And unless you KNOW the BeeKeeper (really, REALLY well)
that "organic" honey is probably Corn Syrup that has been recycled through the bee.

My wife & I became so disgusted by the whole mess,
that we moved to The Woods ion 2006 and started growing our own food.
Thats the ONLY way to know for sure.