Pleasant Living Magazine

Regional Farmers Markets Offer Healthy Fare

From humble general stores in the River Country, to the advent of the convenience store over 90 years ago, Americans have been looking for easier, sometimes cheaper, and it seems, much larger places to shop. Supermarkets offer endless options, and consumers can even check themselves out and pay for their purchases without as much as a hello from a single store employee.

Mega-superstores sell everything in bulk from car tires to diapers, 15 pounds of pork chops and 20 pounds of potatoes farmed on corporate-owned land. A trip to the store—an outing that was once an opportunity for social interaction—now offers automatic shopping but little or no contact with people.

What happened to buying milk, meat, and produce directly from the farmer?

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