Farmers market lies exposed: hidden camera investigation (Marketplace)
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2017
- Farmers market lies exposed: hidden camera investigation. Is the produce you're buying at the farmers market grown locally? Marketplace goes on an undercover shopping trip and catches vendors lying about where their produce is grown.
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This is true journalism. Y'all should be proud of yourselves.
zöe weitzeil she’s gonna be killed off once this actually causes the producers to lose enough money.
Bo Ban D We pray not!!
@@Seraph89_ lol this isnt the 1960s anymore
Lol, these geniuses go to a farmers market expecting actual farmers, all you will find are gardeners and retailers calling themselves Local vendors. Local vendors make shit compared to Real farmers, thats why they have multiple products and in small amounts. Real farmers dont have time to waste just to sell 5 boxes in a day. Real famers grow in the acres not their back yard. LMAO, this is true journalism, what a comic you are.
Amen
When I was a kid we went to Farmer's Market to get the fruits and veggies cheaper than the store. Now it's the complete opposite.
$2 each pepper? That’s insane, you’d get like 7 peppers in the states for $2
I wouldn't know...I stopped going back then." I'll take my chances with the family on the corner under a tent for $5000, Alex!"
@@JJ-iy7rk maybe the green ones, but not other colors.
@@Dr.ZoidbergPhD nah I’m not thing at 2 dollars is a tiny avocado but peppers are cheap. Avocado 2 to 5 bucks a piece
@@JJ-iy7rk what part of the country are you in bc where I'm at I can get avocados. Medium size, 7 or 8 for $5
Going to flea markets and farmers markets used to be the CHEAP option. Now it's for the upper class snobs and the poor go to the grocery store. Weird that stuff keeps flip flopping. Besides that I am really impressed by this journalist! Wish we still had investigative reporting like that in the US.
It shouldn't be that way! Why are governments allowing the foods good for us to be priced out of our reach.
that what push me and i have my own garden, that and my parrots it was hard to trust them that the realy have no pestis thing on them and that are realy realy bad for them.
@@nifflofair6685 money
@@nifflofair6685 Government has nothing to do with it.
That’s because farmers markets are mostly just reselling, although the quality of the items are mostly better at the markets themselves
My mom often asks when they _planted_ the crops. Having grown up on a farm herself, she knows a fishy answer when she hears it.
Wow, I almost forgot what investigative journalism looked like.
We generally don’t get it in the US
This is truly a beauty.
Channel 5 with Andrew Callahan - or all gas no breaks is pretty good in the us. Not a ton of investigative journalism, but interesting videos nonetheless.
Got em’ lol
Frfr they're dumbing society down
As a small farmer: I despise the wholesalers who scam people at markets because they hurt small family farms like me.
@Marksman King Agreed! Right now we have seen the greatest jump in small farms filing bankruptcy or being closed in decades, just at a time when we NEED them the most! I've seen horrible laws being passed which prevent people from growing food in their own city/urban spaces, and even in their own backyards. In my area, people can face huge fines or even jail time for saving rainwater for use in our gardens or livestock. These laws also hurt small farms just as much as fakes that take over our sales venues.
I live in a small town in the Midwest. If you want to up your prices go closer to a major city. Trust me you will get all the business. Your authentic and real, you look it, dress it, act it. City people are paying for the experience. Like I went to a pumpkin farm, I went to a farmers market.
@Diana Nolan homeless people that are homeless because of capitalism? Public housing should be a human right in this country. We need socialism now more than ever.
@Diana Nolan the only person on the democratic stage with anything close to socialism is Bernie and even then he's more of a mixed economy guy rather than full socialist. I know not many Americans know what actual socialism is and I suggest you research more about it.
@@jamielynn7674 Wow so scary. Which area is like that? What's going on out there?
This is the type of journalism we truly appreciate. Thank you for sharing this.
This is gross! My heart goes out to the farmers who can't even get a table! I will be more vigilant when I visit the markets here from now on. Consumers needs to refuse repurchasing.
Yup there are also plenty of honest resellers like imperfect foods. There is a need for it to prevent food waste and give people a deal. But these people are just con-artists selling cast offs for a premium as home grown.
There's no way to be vigilant when they're dishonest😕
I just sell it in front of my farm since my road is busy.
What? That is what the food chain is.
@@carriemaurer4363 you are purposefully misunderstanding a simple concept
Thanks for exposing these people.
ya, maybe they can get around to exposing corruption within our government next. oh wait, that's off limits. the $75,000 undercover investigations are reserved for fruit merchants lol.
Maybe there are like these in the Phils as well (where I live).
She deserves an award, this is true journalism
No it’s not. She didn’t even research that she needed to speak to the board of directors about each markets rulings on wholesale before barking. Failed attempt to report on a hot topic.
Yes agreed! Don’t listen to the bitter mansplainer. Steve needs some serotonin.
@@_sofie haha, thank you!
@@myeviltwinstoys1156 Doesn't matter what the market's rules on wholesalers are, it's still deceptive and that's the point
Something of extreme rarity now a days.
Large corporations have to disclose exactly where their food comes from. Farmers markets should be required to do the same thing.
Large corporations to disclose you must be joking oe have stocks in it
You see a sticker , or plastic on a product and you still wonder if it's produced by a small local farm?
some farmers go through the effort to at least add plastic wrapping just cuz
Some people are easily fooled
After they were asked about the sticker they started removing them, every time they get caught they can just keep improving at lying and deceiving people
Imagine not taking the stickers off your “homegrown” produce. Did it grow the sticker??
I agree, and if you want to be dishonest, do it properly.
lmao exactly!
Seems even more dishonest to take them off!
It would still leave a mark on a lot of fruit if you look for it.
Lmao
This actually makes me really sad, not just because I may be duped, but for the farmers that actually work really hard.
@mark navarro just because you have a penis doesn't make you any smarter.
Agreed, mad at myself for being possibly mislead and not asking the right questions but also sad for local farmers and their efforts. Sorry for late reply.
Well make your own strawberry jam then. Farmers probably wipe their noses while they give you their fruits from their field
@Taliyah S you don't wash your strawberries before you consume them? 🤣
@@SpartanThe300th I chuck them in a tsunami and hope to find them again. Hopefully they get rinsed well
When they're pushing out the genuine small farmers for the wholesalers, that's not a farmer's market! That's an outdoor supermarket.
You can: 1. Print a list of what's in season and when, 2. check for stickers or wrapping and avoid them, 3. Be familiar with the farms, 4. If you have a phone in your pocket, google their farm. Does it have tours etc.? They usually do., 5. Check your farmer's market regulations on participants
I am soooooooo tired of being lied to everywhere I go.
Picket Pants
Does this include your dating life?
I hate it even more when you are forced to lie as an employee and get threatened with loosing the job if you complain. Then the customers are mad at you when you tell them the truth.
Picket Pants Ikr? Everything everywhere everyone a scam. Damn.
Yup
miapdx that's also so sad.
I live in Peterborough and the farmer's market ended up splitting apart into three separate markets. The farmers who brought up concerns about the wholesalers were kicked out of the market. They started their own market where everyone is certified and there's an inspector who goes out their property to make sure they are growing everything. The other two markets don't do this and they still sell wholesale.
That's so painful to read. Looks like greed ruled over the original market, but I'm glad that conscious consumers can find the certified vegetables at the new market. The rest is just plain false advertising.
Which one is the inspected from I'm from ptbo too
@@kh-wp1mj It's the one downtown at market hall. They setup across the street from Galaxy Cinemas.
Wednesday and Saturday from around 7ish to 1pm.
Problem solved !Keep the Gov. out of it.
@@JamesBond-uz4bs Does the legit farmer's market have a name that people can google if they're interested?
Im a small farmer myself, and 90 percent of the time its very easy to tell if a product is chemical/pesticide free simply by looking at the table. If you cant find any item with insect damage then its very likely that it is not organic. I dont use pesticide or chemicals in my garden, its very common to see insect damage on my produce.
Most Americans don’t have that common sense they grew up on GMO products.
@@mada881010789 these are Canadians. And what kind of Americans are you talking about? White Americans? Black Americans? Believe me, as a Mexican American, we know.
@@blueecho9792 I meant at least 3rd generation Americans who no longer have any relatives from the developing countries.
@@mada881010789 what is shocking to me when people will reject the produce I try to GIVE to them and will go the store and buy the same thing but it comes in a plastic bag and they soaked it in who knows what
@@mada881010789 Gotcha. Regardless though these are still Canadians.
nothing compares to growing your own food..
The plastic wrapped cucumbers, and stickers with upc codes should be a dead give away.
I know someone that owned a small scale commercial tomato farm and their product had stickers and came in fancy boxes yet it was locally grown the issue is the resellers are charging a premium for what they purchased wholesale like a grocery store and not because it's "farm fresh"
ant-1 -1 right? Lol 🤦🏽♀️
ant-1 -1 ...yes it should.
@Johan Liebert as dumb as the people buying them thinking they are fresh sealed in plastic with a bar code lol
@@OrionTheAussie Con artists generally know exactly how much they can get away with
I like how they are so lazy that they can’t even take the stickers off sometimes
That damages the fruit a lot of times.
AnantaSesaDas Yes, I also read that they sometimes use the sticker to cover the hole made when they inject their fruits/veggies.
They can't, it's illegal if they. They signed a contract with that company so they can't remove the stickers.
“Fruit stickers are edible!” “The stickers are non-toxic and safe to eat.” You may even come across what looks like a public service announcement from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, saying: “Even the glue is okay to eat." 😳🤮
Daniela Baci, good to know. But still doesn't explain why local produce should have a barcode sticker at an open air produce stand.
I’m just shocked so many people aren’t aware of this. Consumers are so uninvolved… it’s really not hard to chat with sellers and tell who’s disingenuous.
You shouldn’t have to, they shouldn’t be reselling if it’s the same produce as the grocery store. You see how easily these disingenuous sellers lied.
No one wants to converse with someone for 30 minutes to figure out if they grow it themselves or not lmao
It's common sense
People like to think they’ve never been duped, that’s why they like to believe they can always figure out who’s lying and who isn’t. But that’s not reality.
Who tf has the time to chat with vendors to know this stuff.
That's really sad, my girlfriend does farmers markets in California and she has to prove that they are the fisherman in AK waters. She has to recertify annually and prove that to every market that they do. It's a lot of work for her.
Thank you for showing this, because of what my girlfriend goes through I thought all farmers markets were that strict.
I don’t see how people can look at a shrink wrapped Zucchini with a sticker on it and a barcode and label with the name of a foreign corporation and think “Yup, that’s homegrown”
Right!? Speaking as a small-scale veggie farmer (1 acre), some farmers markets allow buy in vendors. Start by asking the farmers market committee if they allow buy in, and if they do, why they consider themselves a local "farmers market". They're no better than a outdoor grocery store in my opinion. Farmers markets are ideally about the connection made between local agriculture and its supportive community.
You are absolutely correct, BUT, people can be stupider than a bag of rocks and some are just gullible and they bank on that fact, that's how they get away with it.
yeah ! thick people deserved to be duped
All vegetables are grown somewhere. Consumers know the seasons. The biggest farms win.
@@jeannettelatour9089 Ah Jeannette, then your consumers are much smarter then the people in my area. Most don't have a clue. It is so sad that they don't understand or know where our food comes from, much less what season they are grown in. I see it all the time.
My local farmers market does farm checks regularly to make sure people are really growing the food they sell. It’s funded by part of the fee to sign up to sell
They're all in on it
@@jesseramirez9205 you got to be naive It is locally grown by local farmers (corporate)or they said it is organically grown and people swallow the hook an sink liners. 😁😁😁😁😁
No they don't.I know people who do Farmers Market in my area and none of them have farms
That's a really good practice. But I'm sure people probably find ways around it.
Everywhere should require that, for all of our sake
Unregulated, yet they can sell products with pesticides on them that are KNOWN to be carcinogenic, but label them as 'pesticide free'.
That should be the opposite of unregulated, they should get jail time.
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all farms use pesticides. even organic farms. the problem with organic is they use old style pesticides that can do more harm to the environment than modern day pesticides. But that's a different video/discussion.
@@LydJaGillers 'old style pesticides'? Like what? I've been handpicking bugs off of plants and using insect netting, no chemicals, and no pesticides.
@@kkeungi5955 Pyrethrin is what organic farmers use on an agricultural scale. Additionaly, because of how organic farming is done it can have negative impacts on the environment as a whole:
"However, because organic farming has sometimes lower yields compared to intensive farming, additional agricultural land is needed elsewhere in the world, which means that natural and forest land has to be converted into agricultural land. This can cause loss of biodiversity and negative climate effects that sometimes outweigh the local environmental gains achieved. This lower yields does not include dry lands.[20]. Food waste of industrial agriculture must be take into account."
-en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_farming
Can't even go to a Farmers Market without scammers... 💔😢
So they can false advertise and say chemical free when in reality it involves pesticides? That should be illegal
Bhaby Lux white males whom scripture calls a base man lowest model of men
Real farmers markets only exist in the country.
funny thing about it people cannot tell the difference, you can put chemical free on it and it not be just because of the lable people will buy it
its not FALSE there are NO FALSE CLAIMS, this is munbo jumbo scaretactics
Everything has chemicals, everything is made of chemicals. It’s just a word used to scare people into buying certain items
Guy on the board of directors at the market: "We know transparency (honesty) is an issue and we've been working on that with our farmers. That takes time." Direct translation: "We know our sellers are lying to consumers. We're working hard to cover up for them and we don't plan on doing anything about it."
Bethany M .... Mark Jones needs to be fired.
Uncencored- He is their neighbor... probably.
Bethany M : Second translation: They are paying us and we are happy about that.
"Board of Directors"????? Follow... the... money!!!
That guy pissed me off. And the way those people were glaring at her like "how DARE you expose the truth!"
I get so insanely mad when I go to a farmers market hoping to support local farmers to realize I’ve bought whole sale products
(We need an update) on what has happened since this report! Has the legislation been changed and are there more severe penalties for reselling when they claim it is locally grown? I remember watching this episode when it came out... disturbing and unethical.
As a young woman feeding my young family I quickly realized something was off with the farmers market in my city. The stickers and and look of the produce was just like the grocery store. But the prices were higher. A true shame that real farmers are pushed out of "farmers markets" but I suspect it's been happening a long time
Real farmers don't put stickers. The stickers have barcodes for scanning at the cash register in the supermarket.
I realized something was off when I went to the largest one in my area and saw Dole stickers 😳
Those organizing it are probably getting more of a kickback for hush $$.
In Romania this is how it is since 1990.
@@sblijheid But if it’s going to be sold at the market you need a barcode for inventory purposes 🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️💁🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️!!!!!! You do know that you can buy barcode stickers right🧐🧐🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️
She has so much guts! I feel afraid to call people out, she's a good role model!
Breee ikr !
Never be afraid to confront
There should be no reason for someone to be aggressive unless they're guilty
I would
Breee 6
My family just found out that a close friend of ours had been doing this for years without telling us. Safe to say they’re no longer our friends
I work for two Farmer’s markets and i am proud that we have very strict regulations about who can sell and where the products come from. I know it can be tough to trust where your food comes from, but a little bit of conversation and open ended discussion will go a long way.
This woman knows how to conduct an investigation. Her film crew was spot on as well.
Real journalism is a threat to the infotainment media monopolies. We must make sure we support legit investigative journalists and media outlets for them! Props to this girl for the amazing work
Hal Asimov what a positive comment! I love this
Nice on the eyes too.
Her name is Charlsie Agro. Sounds like the name of a lead singer to an industrial metal band *\m/*
Not this woman! This young lady!
Lying about chemical free could be incredibly dangerous for a consumer.
Yeah like allergic people
I know right ,,, so criminal
I know a lot of people who don't wash vegetables if they think they're supposed to be chemical free so yeah, it can literally be life threatening depending on what pesticides were used...
..... for consumers with bad allergies and other issues.
Law suit
Great investigative reporting! In this day and age, it is wonderful to see true journalism. Thank you!
There used to be a guy who'd come in to walmart early every day and buy a bunch of produce, go to his truck and peel all the UPC labels in the parking lot, then go less than a mile away to upsell the stuff out of cute little boxes. He did this for years.
Terrible
I always found it funny that farmer's markets sold bananas. "Oh you grew those tropical bananas ( in Delaware)?
I agree you cant really grow bananas in that state 1:00
😂 a lab in Delaware, silly. lol
Dupont did lol
His neighbour obviously grew it
Lolololol ikr
This reporter was extremely brave. I will use their suggestions whenever I'm in a farmers market.
Um, brave? I mean it's nice to see that they exposed them. But it's not like she was dealing with dangerous people.
Sooooo brave. Those notoriously polite Canadians might have made a mean face....and then what would she do?
@@acb9896 Snowflakes all of them con artists
@@taggerinc2652 You don’t know what people are capable of when their livelihoods are at stake.
@@chocha4438 She's got crew, cameras, and recording devices all around her. Unless there's a farmers market mafia. I'm pretty sure she was safe.
Investigator: "Is it all local?"
Seller: "What do you mean by that?"
I feel like that man hasn't grown a damn thing in his life.
that’s the moment when you keep it moving to a new kiosk
Incredible, that makes me so mad to see these cheaters, taking spots away from real farmers. I hope local authorities will take some actions.
Thank you for exposing them.
They don’t though. The San Diego, CA “little Italy” Farmers Market is Just resellers faking being local and organic. I just got sick on some “local” “organic” guavas. Really sick. I wonder what pesticides they used on them in the Mexican orchard before they irradiated them?
When I lived in Charlotte, NC we opened up a growers-only farmers market where the founders went to visit farms in the area and offer them the opportunity to sell at their new market. They'd only allow in a new seller once they visited the farm and could see the honesty of their work.
I was super proud to be a part of that market.
I'm thinking of starting one in my area but there aren't many farms since it's the desert.
When I lived around the outer banks I went to a farmers market because I LOVED their cantaloupe. Until they started getting them from California. That's all the way on the other side of the country!
🙈
Yes! I'm in Charlotte NC and we have the best farmers market 🤩
Hi! I live in Charlotte is that Growers Market still around?
@@tinalouiseking it was in NODA. Just looked it up. They might have permanently closed because of COVID. Their last post was in Dec 2019 saying they are closed for the season.
Now this is real journalism!!! Going out and investigating asking guestions following up, comparing, going to officaials!!! Job well done!!! A farmers market should be grown by local farmers!!! If someone is bringing in from a wholesaler or whatever...a re-seller must show big they are reselling!!!!
The Duckling Homestead and Gardens That’s something the nasty government never wanna do.
That farmer lady was kicked out of farmers market!That is crazy.Its scamm that's what it is.That guy,I'm on board of directors,bwahahahahahahah.
Well city folk want produce as soon as summer starts. So how are small farmers supposed to sell a variety of produce in May in Canada????
I blame this mess on city folk. They had a demand and the demand was met. I wonder if Farmers Markets were truly seasonal and by only small farmers, would the FM survive? 🤔
A lady at a farmer market's stall here in central London sold supermarket bakery goods and passed them off as her own. The farmers market's policy stated that the produce must come from a certain radius around London and/or self-made. We reported her to the organisers and nothing was done...
this is so weird for me. I live in a smaller town in north cali, and our farmers markets aren't anything like this. They have their farm names and give their number and address so you can visit them! You can buy directly from them at their farms too, they're just out of the way as farms tend to be, so the markets just add ease of access. I never knew people did this, I'm gonna be more vigilant out of state
I stopped go to farmers markets a few years ago. Now I go to local farms that let you pick the produce yourself straight on the farm.
They just buy from wholesalers and tie the produce to bushes.
@D Same. Where I go they have a "DIY" which means you harvests the veggies and fruits that you want yourself.
16:12
Oh that can be easily faked. That's why I stopped buying produce at all and have reverted to subsistence farming.
I like going to farms that grow spaghetti and noodles plants
I’m going to start asking if I can visit their farm every time a vendor claims their produce is locally grown from now on. I never even thought about asking that question before.
yea
Yeah most legit farmers are happy to have someone come look. I have a local farmer that keeps sending me emails with pictures of his fields and you can go pick yourself if you want .
Uh, like that's gonna help. Did you see the video?
Ask for pictures of their farm too. You can also ask how the veggies are grown. A real farmer can tell you everything. If there is a second hesitation they are thinking what to say.
@@Icewing10 I totally agree, although, it may not always be the farmer who is selling. I work at a small farm and typically we all split the days to go to market with one farmer/apprentice and one person from our board of directors. Those from the board of directors are passionate about fresh, local food but they don't know much about farming.
I work on the farm side but am still learning so I'm not able to answer questions 100% of the time. So, on any given day you could be able to speak to the head grower or potentially just a teenager. But yes, pictures are great and you should be able to get most of your questions answered easily.
Definitely visit if you get the chance, it's a valuable experience either way!
As a hispanic who used to go to the pulga and to hispanic farmers markets... we all knew that they got their fruits and veggies at a disscount from sellers and sold em cheaper than most stores. It was the reason we went there in the first place.
After it started to gain attraction... the place was sold to someone who decided to claim that everything was organic.
The prices went up and my family started shopping at grocery stores.
Great story! You did a great job investigating and exposing these crooks! Thank you for alerting the public. I live in California but I still find this information valuable to be armed with
If its got stickers on it, isnt it obvious its not home made.
yet they spin you a story anyway
Actually some farms put stickers on all their produce so they can sell to either other produce stands that are scamming you or they can sell it to stores
If it's a bigger farm i could see them packaging and putting stickers on their produce
they take off stickers often
They take the stickers off!
"We've been working on transparency with our farmers, but that takes time." It takes time to stop lying to your customers? Like more than 10 minutes?
It's just me or that sounds like he is getting paid hmmm...
He does get paid, He's on the board of directors, This has been a big deal at the market here for awhile
well actually that is the president of the farmers market
Osiris Malkovich Right! A simple cardboard sign... "These are resale items" "These items are not local"...
I can tell I his voice its a lie, he aint ganna do a thing if you complain.
I just found this series and I love it. Such stellar informative journalism.
Poor farmers, constantly under attack, and we rely on them for real food. The world is gone crazy.
All the resellers should be charged with fraud. Farmers markets are for local farmers not resellers or big companies.
Speaking as a small-scale veggie farmer (1 acre), some farmers markets allow buy in vendors. Start by asking the farmers market committee if they allow buy in, and if they do, why they consider themselves a local "farmers market". They're no better than a outdoor grocery store in my opinion. Farmers markets are ideally about the connection made between local agriculture and its supportive community.
I agree. I think it's outright *selfish* and possibly even a monopoly on the markets, when these *big box multi-billion dollar businesses* insert themselves into a *community* market just so they can charge 2x more than they get at the big stores. They're already making billions! Your average farmer isn't going to ever see billions or even millions - they're just trying to eek out an honest living. Are the Little Guys who don't suck **** of major corporations by reselling junk they didn't want, going to be driven out completely? Is it that they need to do something with those rejected veggies and fruits? Howe about *donating to less fortunate people *worldwide*? In Canada? How about the North - Iqaliut - where food is prohibitively expensive? People are starving in some nations yet they still want more money.
I bet all this place sell organic vegs and fruits claims to be organic.....I Don't know????😂
@@sithlordhibiscus9936 well said....
@@KL-rd9tg start a new competitive mkt with real farm veggies. Everybody needs competition.
I’m so glad that there are people out there fighting for this
I’m also glad there are people out fighting to bring down the civilisation.
I wish there were more journalists like this. Not like BuzzFeed.
For all the complaints about government and complaints against regulations. This is a perfect example why there is a need for government regulations and inspections. Business will NOT self-enforce so an outside regulator is needed to ensure compliance and safety.
Thank you for your investigation and awareness.
Me: Yup my banana's.
Her: What's your farm called?
Me: Dole.
😂😂😂😂😂
Lmbo!!
😂😂😂😂 made my day
The thing is, you basically can't even grow bananas in Canada unless you're a large producer. Bananas take a long time to grow (more than a year), and are tropical plants. You'd need year round heated greenhouses to make them work.
Seigeegine
So true, but Jeff's coment was right on!!!
Lying week after week, year after year, and with a smile on their face. That's a snake.
Devils...just like Trump
just like Globe Earthers
Dont insult sneiks like dat bro
Usually we just call them salesmen.
vanessa m buyer beware unfortunately.
Thank you guys for opening public's eyes. God Bless you
On behalf of the millions that have listened to this video we all thank you for your investigation and putting it out their for all of us to know exactly what's happening after all these years thank you again so very much. 👍🏼👍🏼. 🇨🇦
Sad that this level of dishonesty will affect other honest hardworking farmers.
Nope, but the market in this episode got so bad that after 100 years a bunch of the true growers left and started their own market that did so well the other one is all but out of biz.
Welcome to capitalism!
Three years ago was my first and last farmers market shop. I got skimpy veggies and paid more for them so it drive by and head to roadside stands.
"Transparency takes time." No, it doesn't. Just be honest.
I really don't even get how that makes sense. Make a rule and enforce it. All they're saying here is that they don't want to make any rules.
thats what i said right after that came out of his mouth. i can’t believe he’s trying to defend a liar by saying being honest takes time.
@@viannccaa There must be a commission for him to allow non-farmers
Exactly. I believe the director is in it
Its not the transparency that takes time for them to adapt to, its the greed thats taking them time to get over.
Wow! A news journalist that actually is trying to find the truth of things!
This is amazing, the portrayal of a topic I didn’t even know existed and still kept me continuously hooked. THIS is good stuff
“We’re working on transparency. ... It takes time.”
Seriously?!? How much time does it take to simply be honest?!? 🙄
dragonlady2264 when they made alot of money from it.
Ya I'm disappointed the reporter didn't call him on that.
Sometimes the whole life.
Yeahhh he definitely is getting a cut for letting them get away with that
It takes time because the vast majority of businessmen are demonstrably dishonest. It's in the nature of the industries.
Bring this kind of journalism to the states please!
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We have some but it's costly to hire investigative reporters because their time is valuable.
... They'll probably end up "disappearing"... Sorry to sound so pessimistic...
I worked for a farmers market stand in Seabrook Tx ..... Well during setup I'm sorting through the peaches and some had barcode stickers on them . When I asked about it the " farmer" who has the stand said it was from other local farmers who had stores that would send theirs fruit to sale also. I was of course instructed to remove the stickers......That has never sat right with me .
Thanks for this great piece of investigative journalism
This is some real journalism right here! Looking for the truth!! Keep doing this awesome work!!!
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This was such a thorough investigation, made me interested in something I never thought I would be. Also the journalist was asking REAL and pressing questions. 10/10
You could pick up a camera and expose fraudsters
my family started a vegetable garden this year and honestly, if you invest time and money into it you’ll grow decent beans and tomatoes for a family of 4 perfectly fine. if you have a space for a garden and time, i recommend starting one it’s a lot of fun and very fulfilling. tomatoes are especially are a good plant to start with. cherries put out a lot of fruit and tomatoes as a whole are very hearty plants
I find researching who grows the best blank in blank has helped me significantly know who actually sells what and during what time of the year. As honest farms will show you what they’re growing and broadcast when something comes into season. Exceptional farms will not only explain their growing process but take offer tours. Rather than directly going to the farmers market. And often big local farms will have a stand amongst the resellers- but the research ahead of time helps you know a reseller from a true one. Though I will admit if a farm is big enough, they will also have reseller of their own ironically to expand on the destinations they can sell their produce. I saw this happen a lot in the Appalachian mountains- from local soaps (which would be often sold right by brand name but they make the brand name also look handmade), to syrup, honey, and apple cider. Either it was just getting relabeled as “local.” Or coming from a giant local seller from one sometimes a few sellers. I don’t mind local reselling. But if I can get it from a big name grocery store and you’re charging a premium - hell no.
interesting, in Costa Rica you gotta register your land first as farmer's land and write down what you grow then apply for a spot at the farmers market with the appropiate documentation.
josselyne JP we should follow that plan!!
same in California, since the late 70's. Must be inspected and certified to sell.
josselyne JP same here in Seattle. They actually go to the farm and verify.
thats very good idea..
Interesting 🤔
lol, so basically they are scammers who are too lazy to take the stickers off and got caught, hahaha
+Keepskatin:
Sounds like someone has a Obama up his butt.
See, I always think the best of people. This never even crossed my mind of the possibility of happening. 🤦🏼♀️
What's really strange is when I was a kid you bought veggies and fruits from fruit stands because it was cheaper.
Anyone who's ever grown fruits and veggies in a home garden knows that it's not possible to have such a wide variety ready for sale at the same time in one area. Crops ripen according to their season and the local climate. Yes, you can extend the seasons in greenhouses, but there are limits to everything, especially up north. I once had to explain to my college professor that a display of tomatoes couldn't possibly be from local fields, while we were stamping the snow off our boots.
Absolutely true, plus they fruits and veggies have a certain look and taste a million times better than store bought.
I'm assuming this guy is British but in the US longterm masquerading as a farmer, and that's because his stall looks so different to any of the greengrocers or genuine farmers market stalls I've seen in the UK over the years. The staple for a real stall to me is a Cockney bloke shouting out deals, little metal bowls full up with loose, no sticker, fruit and veg with a little sign scribbled in cardboard that reads something like "white onions 3 for £1" and obviously the ever-changing fruit n veg because of the seasons. We acc got to know our local people over time, and now we don't have to worry but the moment im paying more for fresh produce than I was for imported mass produced crap then I'd know something was wrong. His entire demeanor and setup just doesn't look right.
Facts! I garden every year, and healthy tomatoes even Split if not pick in time or receive excessive water from days of rain. And they will start to rot within days with even the slightest split.
I only eat potatoes, beets carrots and leaf veggies from the store. Everything else I wait till the growing season.
Unless you do Indore growing. It is possible.
Depends on the growth method tho right? Cause it 16:47 that looks like hydroponics which would allow for stacking and indoor growth all year round
Is it really necessary to wrap individual zucchinis in plastic... we are destroying this planet
Zucchinis literally have skin and shells to keep them from being damaged
Let them be naked.
Not we, the huge corporations in cooperation with bought politicians do.
@@pietikke5598 -bought- Lobbied
Stephanie G
So you preferred to wax them?
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Thanks for showing this!!
Thank you for this!
Imagine bragging about buying your veggies here and then finding this out lol
Never brag bruh
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Brandon Lucas who brags about buying vegetables tho? Lol
@@14Volkischer88 Tesla owners :v
I wouldn’t say brag but I would say they use word of mouth to promote these markets. Which is great, but not when it’s not what the customer is expecting they are buying
Everyone knows you're supposed to remove the stickers after harvesting. Those things are poisonous 🙄
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Funny
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Fun fact: the stickers are completely edible!
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This is some good journalism. Y’all really went all out and went to every detail
Thank you much. I go to California (LA & OC) area Farmers Market. I will definitely be paying more attention and asking the questions needed. This were very educational, ty.
"can I visit your farm?" Every legit producer will say "sure"
Is this true though? I honestly would love to go visit a local farm. I’ve never been to a farm, and have interest in farming. May not be able to pursue it though.
@@hankanderson8633 Try to find a WWOOF host near you. Its a volunteer scheme with hosts in most countries. You dont need any experience and a visit could be a weekend, a week or way way longer. I have been volunteering on farms for 14 years, one of the best things I have ever done.
@@hankanderson8633 Any real vendor at a farmer's market that comes from a farm would love to tell you about their farm. Why wouldn't they, it does nothing but benefit them. No matter where you live (rural, suburban, urban) you can find small local farms around you that would probably love to have you as a volunteer or just onlooker for a day.
Every year there are farm tours here in Asheville NC where you get to go to the farms. Most farms have open policies as farm tourism is also an income source.
My family has a farm here in Germany. They sell their stuff (and their neighbor's stuff) on the farm. I don't even want to know what "local" farmer's markets sell.
Edit: you can stop by any day, have work visits arranged and they take school classes around the farm.
When my peach tree is blossoming, and the farmers market is selling peaches, something is definitely wrong!
@Jeremiah Liggins In Oklahoma it is common to get extremely late freezes, which will eliminate your crop. Somehow fruit stands sell ripe "local" peaches which somehow survived a few freezes.
@Jeremiah Liggins said the peach importer
@Jeremiah Liggins True. I'm in Florida and my mother's peaches finishing ripening at least 1-2 months before most farms around here even beginning showing life on their trees.
Exactly! Why don’t people know what’s ripe and in season in their own neighborhoods? If you’re just being hip by shopping at the farmer’ market, and you don’t really want to know the truth, I don’t care if you get ripped off.
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❤wow this is eye opening!!! thanks for sharing. ❤
Thank you for the truth.
They told her, the REAL farmer, they had no room for her, no place for her!
At the FARMERS market!
Right! And the a-hole on the Market Board is "working on it with our farmers" but "it takes time". Such bs! I don't believe for a second he didn't know what was going on the whole time. Grrr!
Shame on them!
@@darkedeviant4692 ...yeah I smell kickbacks.
I usually never trust or believe news corporations like cnn, fox, CBS, etc. But this was a great piece of journalism and was a great insight on how truthful "Farmer markets" can be. Good job on the video CBC!
I hope most people don't trust them. but we all make mistakes.
Casey Prestash trust nothing you hear and half of what you see
Because u can tell there is no editing or shirtcuts.
Thank you for the truth 🙏♥️🇺🇸
"Transparency takes time", no, it literally can be done with the next sentence.
I got kicked out of a farmer's market because another vender was selling produce claiming it was organic and they said they were growing it on their farm. When I brought it up to management I was asked to leave. They must not have cared. I did. Shame on them! It happens every where.
So that alone got u kicked off? By simply raising a concern?
@@sandra-my2io by making people aware of the truth
@Pink y it takes all kinds of people I don't understand where did their moral's ethic's and value's went.
Fersurrrrrre they were getting kicked back if they threw you out like that, that's their dirty money you're messing with ....what a shame
Well as long as they are paying the rent on their space they don't really care what they're selling.
They should get them to have farmers market licences to prove they’re real farmers from there area.
That’s actually a great idea.
More licenses = taxes, that will prevent small farmers from selling
@Abhijeet Kundu
The health food aisle in the supermarket is at most a half aisle. So what kind of food is sold in the other aisles?
That one guy was a farmer. Growing corn (probably for ethenol, or high fructose corn syrup), but selling peppers and cucumbers in his stall. He's a farmer, no doubt about it. Have to do like they showed California - authorized only to sell what you grow, and verify it.
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Thank you for this information!!!
Wonderful scrutinised and in lighting fruits and vegetables market scams, and brought the matter to the concerned ministry for upcoming development, remain always blessed. THANKS.