At my main market, all produce is SUPPOSED to be grown by the seller. For the most part it is. Most of the farmers grow less than 50 acres, other than the couple of big sweet corn growers.
But many of us have been complaining for years about 1 group of growers that consistently push the rules well over the line. But whenever anyone complains, the "inspection" never finds anything wrong. The reason is because the couple that do the inspections. 20 years ago the wife was the market manager and as an "outreach" program, SHE got them into the market. All fine and good back then for people that had no other skills. But now we are on second and third generation of these people. They should have some other skills by now, other than cheating their customers.
Carol
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