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Old September 9, 2016   #38
MrSalvage
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Originally Posted by Dewayne mater View Post
This definitely depends on where your market is. I live in a north Dallas suburb and our local market prices are much higher than that, and higher than the downtown Dallas large farmer's market. Also, those vendors selling heirlooms charge a premium and those are the first ones sold every time. Our best heirloom seller quit the market and now sells directly to high end restaurants that will take whatever he produces at high prices because they know their high end customers will pay a premium for local, unique produce.

Dewayne mater
My son & his wife moved to N Dallas a few years ago. Anna to be specific & they haven't mention the higher prices you speak of. I know she fanatically shops local. Maybe the prices in the Washington Dc metro region are on par with Dallas and she is use to paying those prices.
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