A farmers' market near the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet.

Farmers' markets are markets, usually held out-of-doors, where farmers can sell their produce to the public. Products at such markets are renowned for being locally-grown, very fresh, and sold directly to the public, without going through a middle man. Farmers' markets often feature additive-free and organic produce. Image File history File links Photo by Nathan Freitas. ... Image File history File links Photo by Nathan Freitas. ... The Potala Palace (Tibetan: པོ་ཏ་ལ), located in Lhasa, Tibet, China, was the chief residence of the Dalai Lama until the 14th Dalai Lama fled to Dharamsala, India after a failed uprising in 1959. ... Lhasa is located in the Lhasa Valley of Tibet. ... Tibet (Tibetan: བོད་, Bod, pronounced pö in Lhasa dialect; Chinese: 西藏, pinyin: Xīzàng; older spelling Thibet) is a region in Central Asia and the home of the Tibetan people. ... Street markets such as this one in Rue Mouffetard, Paris are still common in France. ... Farmer spreading grasshopper bait in his alfalfa field. ... Local food (also regional food) is a principle of sustainability relying on consumption of food products that are locally grown. ... Cutting out the middleman is a business model that involves reducing costs by removing layers from a distribution network. ... Organic food is, in general, food that is produced without the use of artificial pesticides, herbicides, and genetically modified organisms (GMOs). ...

Farmers' markets are a traditional way of selling agricultural and home manufactured products. A weekly market day is a part of normal life in villages and town squares throughout the world. A good way for a traveler to sample local foods and learn about local culture is to attend market day, when it coincides with a festival, such as the Fiesta de San Antonio in many towns in Latin America. A village is a human settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... A town square is an open area commonly found in the heart of a traditional town used for community gatherings. ... Cultural studies developed in the late 20th century, in part through the re-introduction of Marxist thought into sociology, and in part through the articulation of sociology and other academic disciplines such as literary criticism. ... A festival or fest is an event, usually staged by a local community, which centers on some theme, sometimes on some unique aspect of the community. ... A street in Ynysybwl, Wales, relatively stereotypical of a small town A town is usually an urban area which is not considered to rank as a city. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ...

In the US and Canada, farmers' markets have taken off in popularity due in part to the increased interest in healthier foods and lifestyles. New markets appear regularly, and existing markets, some well over a century old, are seeing renewed growth. Market quality varies, so it's always worth looking around and chatting with the individual vendors. Some markets are carefully managed, with strict rules for pricing, quality and vendor selection. Others are much more relaxed in their vendor criteria. While the usual emphasis is on locally-produced food and crafts, it is not uncommon to find stands reselling produce bought at wholesale depots and regular commercial goods. Wikiquote has a collection of quotations by or about: United States Wikinews has news related to this article: United States United States government CIA World Factbook Entry for United States House. ... Arts and crafts comprise a whole host of activities and hobbies that are related to making things with ones own hands and skill. ... In commerce, a wholesaler buys and stores goods in large quantities from their manufacturers or importers, and then sells smaller quantities to retailers, who in turn sell to the general public. ...

Some farmers' markets are mostly wholesale, such as the South Carolina State Farmers' Market, which is a major eastern supplier of watermelons, cantaloupes, and peaches for produce buyers from northeastern US. Farmers' markets also may supply buyers from produce stands, restaurants, and garden stores with fresh fruits and vegetables, started garden plants, nursery stock, honey, and other agricultural products. The largest wholesale farmers market in the world is the Hunts Point Cooperative Market in the South Bronx in New York City. Binomial name Citrullus lanatus (Thunb. ... Trinomial name Cucumis melo reticulatus ITIS 22362 2002-09-03 A Cantaloupe , also cantaloup or rockmelon (Cucumis melo reticulatus), is the North American name for a variety of muskmelon; cantaloupe comes from the animal antilopia or better known as antelope. ... Binomial name Prunus persica L. A peachy dessert The peach (Prunus persica) is a tree that bears a juicy fruit of the same name. ... Toms Diner, a restaurant in New York made familiar by Suzanne Vega and the television sitcom Seinfeld A restaurant is an establishment that serves prepared food and beverages to be consumed on the premises. ... Part of a garden in Bristol, England A flower bed in the gardens of Bristol Zoo, England Checkered flower bed in Tours, France A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the display, cultivation, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. ... Fruit stall in Barcelona, Spain. ... Vegetables in a market Vegetable is a nutritional and culinary term denoting any part of a plant that is commonly consumed by humans as food, but is not regarded as a culinary fruit, nut, herb, or spice. ... A nursery is a place where plants are propagated, usually for sale as a business, though some gardeners and farmers keep private nurseries. ... Honey honey comb A capped frame of honeycomb Honey is a sweet and viscous fluid produced by bees and other insects from the nectar of flowers. ... The Hunts Point Cooperative Market is a wholesale food market located on 60 acres in the South Bronx that is one of the largest food distribution centers in the world. ... The Bronx is one of the five boroughs of New York City in the United States. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, the most densely populated major city in North America, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. ...

In France and other European countries, there exist street markets, as well as covered marketplaces, where both resellers and producers sell to the public.

See also

• Box scheme
• Community Supported Agriculture
• London farmers' markets
• Pike Place Market

Community-supported agriculture (CSA) is the practice of farming with a greater-than-usual degree of involvement of consumers and other stakeholders. ... Pike Place Market, looking west on Pike Street from First Avenue Inside, showing sign above staircase The Pike Place Market, which opened for business on August 17, 1907, is a public market overlooking the Elliott Bay waterfront in downtown Seattle, Washington, USA. Occupying over 9 acres (36,000 m²) bounded...

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