Whiteness and Farmers Markets

 When I had read the title of this article. My mind went in so many different places. None of the ideas I had really made sense until I thought back to some of the topics we had previously discussed. All of these articles really seem to be circling back to problems of race. This time around the topic was the dominance of white people in farmers markets. While not something I had quite considered, once brought to attention, it's quite difficult to not see it. The thing that surprised me the most that I also believed was that the products you buy from farmers markets are from the farmers themselves. While the belief was the food was from farmers or family of farmers, when some were questioned, many gave answers that ultimately gave the idea that they were not the farmer and that there were other people who take care of the work. While this is not always the case it is happening more often than it should be. Including more races in farmers markets, rather than the predominantly white ones we see now, seems like a wonderful way to try and solve some of these problems. The diversity that would come along with this inclusivity would have large amounts of potential. Sharing ones culture and food would likely be a big game changer in farmers markets. It would give people more reasons to come by and may even make others more comfortable going to farmers markets. It would also allow for people to get better insight into what is actually going on behind the scenes and advocate for change. There could be such a large amount of good to come with what seems to be one simple change. Yet to many it's not something that crosses their minds or something they even care about.