On Jul 14, 9:55*am, Mark Thorson > wrote:
> Christine Dabney wrote:
>
> > Here in Bakersfield, the farmers markets are disappointing. * I think
> > they are taking advantage of a lot of people not knowing what ripe
> > fruit looks and smells like.. Not only fruit too.. *They are selling
> > grossly underripened fruit...and I keep on telling them that if they
> > want me to buy it, they will have to have it a bit riper.
>
> A friend of mine told me a lot of roadside
> produce stands are actually fakers. *They
> sell the same fruit and vegetable from
> Mexico you can get at a supermarket, but
> people who drive out to an agricultural
> area think they're getting local stuff.

May be true of roadside stands, but shouldn't be true of a California
Certified Farmers Market.

http://www.cafarmersmarkets.com/index.cfm