spamtrap1888 wrote:
>
> 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

I suppose that's why they have to certify them.