Closing Bell: Malcom X Farmers Market on the Ropes
So much for that momentum we wrote about a couple of weeks ago! Weak community support is threatening the viability of the new Malcom X Farmers Market within the first month of its life, according to an email being circulated from the one of the market’s organizers. The main fresh food vendor, Migliorelli Farms, just…
So much for that momentum we wrote about a couple of weeks ago! Weak community support is threatening the viability of the new Malcom X Farmers Market within the first month of its life, according to an email being circulated from the one of the market’s organizers. The main fresh food vendor, Migliorelli Farms, just announced it’s bailing on the new scene because it’s been unable to cover its labor and gas expenses to date. The problem? Not enough people are coming to the market. This is particularly distressing given how much attention is given by the press and politicians about the desperate (and very real) need for fresh food in some of our poorer communities. (The fresh food argument has been the primary rationale given by the proponents of tearing down Admirals Row to build a supermarket to serve the surrounding housing projects.) Bottom line: If you care about preserving this incredible amenity in the neighborhood, you better vote with your feet and your wallet on Saturday. Otherwise, to paraphrase the organizer’s email, you’ll be proving the haters wrong who said Bed Stuy couldn’t support a farmers market. Don’t let that happen. The Malcom X Farmers Market is held on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 1p.m. in front of Jackie Robinson Park on Malcom X Boulevard between Marion and Chauncey Streets
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t6, there are some things you just can’t get at the supermarket. Heirloom tomatoes. Or any real-tasting tomatoes for that matter. Ramps. I agree tho, not cheap.
Yeah… I would have to say, a “lack of produce” should first be taken up by the supermarkets and other permanent stores… no? If there is then demand for something *more* then a farmer’s market would be appropriate.
Are there vegetables at the supermarket? Are people buying them?
Farmer’s Markets are always nice and all… but NYC farmer’s markets are ridiculous. A lot like the Brooklyn Flea (sorry Brownie). Way too expensive and should be named something different to avoid suggesting they are anything like the reasonably priced (or even inexpensive) marketplaces found elsewhere.
Its a real shame. I learnt about ramps, and how delciious they are, at a farmer’s market from two old Southern black ladies who used to eat them when they were young. And who were eating them again now they were available.
bedstuyhoya, i think they’re listed on bedstuyblog
Ditto. I get that. My point was that there was only one vendor. The Fort Greene Market has tons of variety which is all locally produced.
My post made no sense due to the double use of “farmers markets”. sorry.
“the random fruit markets and bodegas on Fulton have way more selection than what was present the weekend before last”
Well thats because the farmer’s markets and bodegas have stuff imported from all over the world whereas the farmers market is locally produced and therefore seasonal. You won’t be finding any bananas or mangoes for a start.
Seperately – I heard that there were a few other Farmer’s Markets in Bed Stuy. Can someone list the others?
They also told me that the corn was from upstate NY and the fact that PA is just beginning to harvest corn last week made me think it was Carolina corn. No problem, just don’t tell me its from upstate NY when i know the season hasn’t progressed that far north yet.