Monday, February 2, 2009

Farmers Market

The San Marcos Farmers Market takes place every Tuesday from 3pm-6pm and brings in more than just farmers. Many locals go to the market to get all of their produce. One lady said she goes to the market once a week and purchases all of her produce for the week. It is a great place to shop and you have all of the varieties of the grocery store but it is locally grown and you can buy directly from the grower making it a bit cheaper. It is a great place to get baked goods as well, there is a huge variety of breads and muffins.

The vendors at the market make it a very entertaining experience and after they are all very nice. They talk about a lot of things but what they mostly talk about is the weather. It was a particularly cold day and so that was the first thing we talked about. She told me about how she cant believe the weather cause that is what drives her selling of baked goods business, the better the weather, the better the sales. After talking to her she started telling me about how people just figure that the farmers market is not happening because of bad weather. Thats when i realized the media can help.

if the media covered the people at the Farmers Market and the buyers and sellers at the market would be more aware of all of the things sold there. Some of the vendors are local businesses as well, a bakery had a bunch of bred to sell with their company van parked right behind them. If there was a story done on the farmers market it would encourage more people to go. It is a great place to get food, I purchased some delicious zucchini pineapple bread. There could be so many more opportunities for these people if the media just gave them a look. It is a great place and the popularity would grow giving a higher sense of community to the people who visit and those who sell their things there.

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