While 'Stuff White People Like' (farmers markets being one of them) is meant to be funny and needs to be taken with a grain of salt, if I think about this - it actually really irks me. White people may not "like" farmers markets as much if the produce and products sold were out of their price range, or if they had to travel a great distance, perhaps without the use of a car to get there.
Shopping at farmers markets is an excellent way to support your local economy, but no one can be judged for shopping within their budget, not to mention shopping where there is close proximity to groceries and other household supplies. If I were a single mother of three, shopping at Wal-Mart would make way more sense to me than finding a farmers market and maybe spending more on just fresh produce than what the price of my entire shopping cart would be at a big grocery store. This is all part of the problem. We need to look at systematic ways of addressing these issues.
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