In case you missed it, there's a farmer's market running all summer (May-Oct) at the Small Arms Inspection Building at Dixie & Lakeshore. That's next to Mary Curtis Park and the border with Etobicoke.
Lots of produce, eggs, honey, meat, you name it.
More info: https://www.creativehub1352.ca/lakeviewfarmersmarket
Most of these stalls are grocery store plastic clamshell fruits repacked into cardboard containers. These used to be real, but it's just a way to scam white people.
That def happens but there's legit farms here too. Plus there's ways to recognize some products. What appears to be happening (here) more than grocery store repacking is either reselling Ontario Food Terminal product or padding one's own product with food terminal items. Buying food terminal resale is equivalent to buying from alt grocery store. I'm not pitching a farmers' market as some form of panacea for our food system's deep problems. It's a social place to visit, talk to someone, and maybe find a treat that you like more than what's in the No Frills. In case that sounds appealing.
It would be pretty great if we had real food markets where one didn't need detective skills to spot grocery store repacks, but among many other hurdles, detective skills are a necessary component for market function. That's markets. Some say they're the most efficient way to distribute commodities. I'm not so sure. ๐
woohoo 3$ apples!
Hm... Looks like every farmer's market I've ever seen.
A few stalls with actual produce (overpriced), lots of stalls with random arts and crafts (cross your finger that most of them aren't MLM schemes), and precious few actual customers.
I like the concept of a farmer's market, but the reality often comes up very short.
The whole point of farmers markets was to sell local direct to customers without middlemen. It ended up gouging people into buying overpriced produce likely bought from a grocery store and repackaged. Mennonites and Amish have been pulling that scam for years.