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BeMadTV t1_je01dhb wrote

Reply to comment by yayforhooray in Farmers market drama? by yayforhooray

  1. How are the vendors gonna get out of their parking spots if all the blacked out whips from people going to The Factory block them in?

  2. They talk about SNAP and affordable food...will vendors be forced to sell things at a certain price? Because I can picture mangoes going for $5 each here.

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RAWisROLLIE t1_je0bf3b wrote

The farmer's market in JC Heights has a program that matches $10 of produce purchased by customers using a food assistance card.

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SpeedySpooley t1_je0a26q wrote

> They talk about SNAP and affordable food...will vendors be forced to sell things at a certain price? Because I can picture mangoes going for $5 each here.

A friend of mine is a vendor who sells at multiple farmer's markets. They accept SNAP/EBT, but it's at regular prices. While the prices are often higher at farmer's markets, they are also often held in urban areas where fresh produce and other items aren't locally available (food deserts).

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BeMadTV t1_je0adcu wrote

Ah, I see. Thanks for clarifying. The church nearby gives food away about once a month and the proximity made me conflate what that survey aspires to accomplish and what the church does.

But what you're saying makes way more sense for a farmers market.

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ScumbagMacbeth t1_je0n0k3 wrote

If you ever spent any amount of time in that neighborhood or around Berry Lane Park, you'd know that parking is much easier to come by there than anywhere else in town that we have farmers' markets. And that The Factory only gets busy at night. Farmers markets are usually in the morning and early afternoon.

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BeMadTV t1_je0pjvf wrote

>If you ever spent any amount of time in that neighborhood or around Berry Lane Park, you'd know that parking is much easier to come by there than anywhere else in town that we have farmers' markets.

Yeah, vs anywhere else in Jersey City, parking is objectively easier. You could spend zero time in the neighborhood or around Berry Lane Park and know this.

>And that The Factory only gets busy at night.

The Factory does not only get busy at night.

> Farmers markets are usually in the morning and early afternoon.

Usually, yes.

Nevertheless, this would be great at Berry Lane in the big circle area morning, noon, or night.

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