Malcolm HaarIt's not just the shoppers going green. Vendors leading the pack include reusable/redeemable yogurt crocks from Saint Benoît, paper bags and containers from Swanton Berry Farm, Far West Fungi and Bennett Valley Bread, biobags from Capay (even if they charge $0.25).
How 'bout you? Do you bring your own bags to the market or take what they give you? Do you plan your trips or just stop in on a whim? Would you still shop at the Farmer's Market if they didn't provide plastic bags?
[Warbin K: Flikr: Bring Your Own Bag]
I have extra canvas and nylon bags. It would be great to donate some for those that forget and have them there at the market.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea!! We forwarded your note to the organizers of the market and here's what we heard back:
ReplyDelete"Thank you. This sounds fantastic. Yes, if they could leave them with our manager and/or at our Info & Educ. table, we'll make them available to customers."
Wait, people still use plastic bags? :-P Srsly, they're a pain in the neck; love the pic of the guy cutting out the middleman!
ReplyDeleteHere's the challenge I have with the biobags and the canvas ones as well. They are fine for transporting produce home, but many items including greens need to be stored in a plastic bag that doesn't breathe - if you store them in the fridge in a bio or canvas bag they will spoil more quickly. So in the final equation, I'm using two bags - one to transport and moving the food into second bag to store food. With the plastic bags, I use just one and I wash and re-use them, so I'm unconvinced the biobags are necessarily in practice reducing the environmental impact of my shopping.
ReplyDeleteThat's a great point. Reusing plastic bags definitely works. Having someone explain the "crisper" feature on most fridges would also help. Anyone have other suggestions?
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