3360 x 5049 px | 28,4 x 42,7 cm | 11,2 x 16,8 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
28 février 2004
Lieu:
Cathedral Square Park, Milwaukee, WI, USA
Informations supplémentaires:
A customer is making a purchase at a farmers market that is held every Saturday during the summer months in Milwaukee, WI. Farmers' markets consist of individual vendors, mostly farmers, who set up booths, tables or stands, outdoors or indoors, to sell produce, meat products, fruits and sometimes prepared foods and beverages. Farmers markets add value to communities:[1] Farmers/producers sell directly to consumers, minimizing profit loss by circumventing the middleman. Consumers get to buy direct from the farmer/producer. Consumers can obtain organic fruits and vegetables from Certified Organic farmers Consumers get to enjoy fresh, seasonally-grown food that was produced within a drivable distance from their homes. More capital remains in the consumers’ community. Farmers markets are worldwide and reflect their area's culture and economy. Their size ranges from a few stalls to several city blocks. In some cultures, live animals, imported delicacies unavailable locally, and personal goods and crafts are sold. Such markets were commonplace before the Industrial age but most were replaced in modernized cities with grocery stores and supermarkets that sell food that is usually produced, packaged, shipped from remote places. Farmers markets often feature produce grown naturally or organically, meats that are raised humanely on pasture, handmade farmstead cheeses, eggs and poultry from free-range fowl, as well as heirloom produce and heritage breeds of meat and fowl. Produce found at Farmers Markets is renowned for being locally grown and very fresh. People argue farmers markets allow farmers to pick produce at the peak of flavor, preserve the nutritional content of fresh produce, and since locally grown produce does not travel as far to get to your table, the difference in mileage saves fossil fuels.
