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Introduction/Definition/etc

 

One of the problems I have

now at farmer's markets

is the weigh and measure overhead,

and a booth/table could be created

to help people with that...

 

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foods could be done for others

at farmer's markets,

kind of a service of the patrons,

but also helps with vendors,

possibly with sales, that otherwise

they may not get...

 

Nutritionists probably know how to

do it better, but also a lot of overhead

on that too...

 

Vendors would have to cooperate,

clear ingredients lists, amounts,

and nutritional information would

be necessary, as is somewhat

standard stick to recipes,

and other stuff, like that...

 

If i buy a can, it generally has a

nutritional label which tells me

what's in it,

how much of what types of food/

nutrients

as required by the USDA, FDA,

etc, so for things that are not simple

potatoes (russet? sweet, Yukon, etc),

string beans (wax, green, yellow, etc),

canalope (sp?),

tomatoes (heirloom, etc)

apples (red/yellow delicious,

MacIntosh,

Rome,

cooking apples, WineSap,

tart, sweet, ripe, etc)

and peeled?

made into apple butter,

cider, with pear cider, etc

yogurt, which strains/ cultures?

probiotic?

cheeses

Swiss, baby Swiss,

cheddar,

aged?

rennet,

salt content?

GMO?

Organic?

 

and look up able stuff, for basic

vegetables and fruits, etc

it starts getting more difficult,

for the users/ patrons of the market,

consumers to know what they

are getting, adding to that is the

tendency of people to hawk

their wares, compete between stalls,

booths/ tables, and even hiding

prices (generally against the market rules,

forcing people to have to talk to the vendor,

and that gets annoying,

they may be busy,

you may not like them,

but maybe their food,

feel discriminated against,

a special high price for you,

and someone else got

a special low price, etc...

 

So bakeries may sell stuff for less

at the end of the market,

and/or a gleaner

may come by for local food pantries,

and it goes, eventually to the poor,

sometimes as part of the market rent,

say on government property,

like schools, libraries, government

center, some parks, etc...

 

It could be educational,

as this might be a better choice

if concerned about sugar,

or potassium, or salt,

or other allergens like wheat,

peanut, etc, scanning for those,

and trace elements gets difficult,

cross contamination on food prep

is difficult, even big places have

some issues with that,

Aldi, for example, has product recalls

on labeling, and other contaminants,

allergens sometimes, and they label

and market their own stuff,

a lot of the time,

like Trader Joe's and house brands of

larger chains like Giant, SafeWay,

Harris Teeter, etc...

 

Even McCutchen's (sp?) had some interesting

labeling, and they are big time compared

to many lemonade stand type small

businesses, getting into the food industries...

 

So is bell pepper a spice?

someone not knowing peppers,

thinking salt and pepper, and/or

chili peppers, might think so,

but unless dried and put in that

way, usually not, IMNSHO...

 

It could be done more amusingly,

as in, what do you think is the least

salt product amongst (sp?) these three

items, picking from stuff people

sell at that market...

 

How about potassium?

Wheat?

Rice? (not so local,

but not all in Asia either)

Canada produces some,

and out West, too...

Gluten Free,

starch vs. sugar,

and fat contents,

marbling on meat,

leaner meats,

and cheeses, salt content

and apparently on breads,

salt is a big issue if you eat so much

of it, daily, several times a day,

sandwiches and then added salt too...

 

So awareness of some of that,

but markets are sometimes more carny

towns too, cash and no receipts,

difficult to get, and where did all my

cash go? All on the funnel cakes?

and other goodies?

 

Balancing purchases,

some fruits, but not entirely sugar,

some vegetables,

what's on special,

but independent, and objective

too, say my food planning would be

this, and probably a written/ printed/emailed

analysis, somewhat magic 8 ball,

some humor, and keep a record

across many different markets,

and even regionally, nationally,

and if traveling internationally,

possibly there too...

 

Market masters could have scales,

relatively cheap, more fine grained

than what weighing produce generally

is big hanging baskets with an analog

spring like scale, but that's full bags,

up to bushels of stuff, some sold

be volume, container, filling a bag

of apples, say, and other stuff...

 

Much could be learned along the

way, give soemthing to do while there,

but cleanliness too,

cleaning the scale,

using doillies (sp?) / ChemWipe type

things like measuring in a lab,

and other issues, keep stuff cool/cold

warm, etc, but not a heat up/

chill and cook service,

like could also be done,

prepared from what you bought,

like processing/ cleaning, and/or

cooking your fish for you

and other stuff...

 

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What's Missing?

 

rules and regs allowing it,

research, and how many people would use

that type of thing?

 

What to do with people like anorexics,

bulemics (sp?), morbidly obese,

diabetics, peanut allergy,

etc special cases where health and welfare

is more than just knowing the numbers

and working it out yourself...

 

What Can Be Found?

 

What Can Not Be Found?

 

How To Analyze?

 

Lenses

 

Assumptions

 

Time Limits

 

Book Data

 

ISBN

 

 Bound

 

CopyRight

 

 Pages

index

 

 

Links

 

NoVACentralFarmersMarket2019

 

MosaicFarmersMarket2018

 

MungedMetaData2017

 

Munged2017

 

Autreat2010Foods

 

 

StartABikeClinicAtFarmersMarketThenCatchBikeHouse

 

OdetoaFarmersMarket

 

 

Conclusion

 

Summary of experience or similar

 

Some things to thnk about,

so and so doesn't want to give the recipe

to their special sauce/ product,

so that throws the whole thing off?

And/or leverage to get the products

labelled like larger store bought stuff,

but with the custom prepared,

know the preparer, food sources,

locally grown, etc...

 

Power for things to process,

battery backup, solar power,

portable setup,

getting there by bike trailer,

etc...

 

References to commercial products?

Photos of labels of similar stuff

bought in stores, say off season

when the market is not available,

say Aldi's Three Bean Salad,

a new item, and

how much sugar that contains,

compared to another vendor's salad,

and variations, similar to BBQ sauces,

how much sugar (corn syrup?),

which spices,

what the FDA/USDA allows to be called

BBQ Sauce, v. Wings Sauce,

v. marinara sauce,

v. cocktail sauce (horse radish)

v. Mambo Sauce,

and all the other varieties

of special sauces,

but I'm allergic to x,y,z,

don't like cilantro,

am vegan, lacto, peshi (sp? fish),

ovo (eggs), etc

don't want artificial sweeteners,

sugar cane may not be local and

quickly get into the

orange marmalade argument:

the oranges aren't local,

neither is the sugar,

and pretty soon,

nothing is available,

say within 250 miles,

producer only markets,

no reselling...

 

 

Discussion

 

A place for feedback on the page presented

 

What information would you need?

Does it add to the experience,

or are you necessarily on a binge

when going to a market like that?

 

What incentives do the vendors have

to make the information available?

 

Sorry I can't buy at the market,

I don't have packaging information

to know what i'm buying...

 

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Page History

 

20190424 Jerry

• Jerry created this page to
• log an idear
• part from 
• NoVACentralFarmersMarket2019
• visit, someone offering a sample/ taste,
• as rushing away,
• i would have to get out a scale, etc.. 
• from
• MungedMetaData2017
• Breads2019  
• and what information I'm collecting
• comparisons to commercial products
• and locally grown, processed,
• what you can tell me about the contents,
• ingredients, processes used,
• organic?
• differences? 
• Using TempSitUpdating
• to make situations uniform across cases...

 

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