AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION

After it wasn't clear to me whether the stalls at Gigi's Farmers Market in Glendale I visited last Saturday were really operated by local (meaning within a two hundred mile zone of L.A.) family farmers, I decided to get some facts from the girl sitting at the concierge table.

Me: "Excuse me, I was wondering if the stands here at Gigi's Farmers Market are operated by local family farmers?"

She, looking at me with a puzzled expression: "Well, the bakery just behind you, they bake their own ...."

Me: "I am talking about produce. Fruit, vegetables."

She with a blank stare: "What do you mean exactly?"

Me: "Are the stands at this farmers market operated by local family farmers?"

She: "The products are all California certified."

Me: "Okay..."

She: "All the products sold here are grown in California."

Me: "Okay..."

She: "I mean, they are not grown out of state or abroad."

Me: "But what about the farmers? Are those family farm operated stands? Or does Gigi's buy wholesale and sell it here at stands?"

She: "I do not understand what it is exactly, you want to know?"

Me: "You know, it is important to me to know if the produce sold here comes directly from the farmers..."

She (eagerly): "I can assure you, every single vegetable or fruit has been grown on a farm."

Me: "..."