Hacker News Reader

Yeah, the freshness and the shorter supply chain are the important elements for me. For things to show up in my supermarket, they have a very long path through distribution, warehousing, and retail. Farmers' market products often go direct from farm, to truck, to market. This allows them to carry products that don't keep as well, are already ripe, or that are subject to damage in the traditional model.

View on HN

I mean at least on the West Coast of the US, my direct experience is that local farmers are selling at local grocers, that's where they sell most of their goods(that and to restaurants). Maybe not in Downtown SF or LA, but even in Davis or Sacramento for example, groceries are typically going to be locally sourced when they are in season.

This is because at the end of the day it benefits farmers and grocers to deal direct. Better produce, no middle man. Produce is very straight forward to sell by the pound too.

I think this might be because most US produce comes from California.

It is noticeable how much better vegetables and fruit are in California because it has to travel such a short distance.

yeah, it's exactly why I specified the West coast. Still applies to a lot of people on here though.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com