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Can You Make a Living As a Farmers Market Vendor?
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- Опубліковано 1 чер 2016
- Today’s video from the Southern Foodways Alliance pulls back the curtain back at the Carrboro Farmer’s Market in Carrboro, North Carolina to follow Betsy and Alex Hitt, vendors at the market since 1986. Boasting beautiful cut flowers and sustainably-grown fresh produce, the Hitt’s stall at the market is popular shopping spot for many local restaurant chefs, and provides a livelihood and a community for the couple. Watch the video above to learn more.
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The answer is yes. Believe it or not. I myself make 2-3 grand a day selling at the farmers market in San Jose. I have 2 farmers market. I make nearly 4-6 grand weekly over the summer. You are your own boss, you do things at your own pace. That’s my story.
Hi are you still in San Jose and selling at the farmers market ? I wanna start too
I've been in the vendor business for 17 years. I sold two businesses already. I just want to answer the title of the video "Can you make a living as a Farmers Market Vendor?" My answer is definitely YES!
@eater thanks for the love! :)
It is my dream to become a microfarmer. I am a father of two boys who had to quit his job to care for one of them who has autism. I hate being on the system and want to start a home business growing microgreens, herbs and flowers under grow lights in my apartment until I can get funding for land and build an earthship style year round greenhouse aquaponics system. I will succeed in getting financial freedom for my family and mother nature provides us a way. Currently I am just researching the local markets in the area and need to ask restaurants. I have two so far that may be interested in microgreens should I succeed. I have never farmed a day in my life but I am reading everything I can and watching hours of videos. Any advice for a low budget urban farm as to what crops would be best value for small space and high demand in most markets?
@@chrisj5505 Grow lemons. I work at the farmers markets for years and wish I had nice priced local source for lemons for the lemonade stand. Anything you can easily turn to low cost food n drinks makes a ton of money. Corn is also great, especially for popcorn. $$$$
@@chrisj5505 Check out some videos by Urban Farmer Curtis Stowe. His 5 crops for small scale farmers are microgreens, salanova lettuce, arugula, white salad turnips and spinach. Quick turn around and usually lots of interest in local markets. Good luck! I'm also looking into starting a small scale farm someetime in the next couple years, also especially for the purpose so that I can be around to take care of my autistic brother now that my parents are getting older (and so he can help out on the farm, which I think he'd love).
I am looking to escape, how do I start this? What if I only have a half acre is it viable?
This might be the best thing you've ever posted, Eater. People, including myself, does not appreciate the hard work that goes into non-industrial agriculture. Simply beautiful.
Ive been binge watching farming videos because i am gearing up as a first gen farmer. And this reminds me that all my hard work to come will be worth it. The peace amd quiet and gentle patience of plants and animals will be worth it
Update?
Absolutely love this video, never seen an inside look into the hard life of a farmers who contribute so much to farmers markets that many of us stroll into leisurely on the weekends. Thank you for all your hard work !
Her flowers are gorgeous
I love the beginning of this video. Her holding all those beautiful flowers,surrounded by flowers. It was so pretty.
It's weird, watching farmer's life through a computer, and it felt so peaceful that it didn't felt like I've spent 8 minutes on it.
Moon'sDeity farm life is peaceful, till vegans attack you.
Damn, you got attacked by vegans? How did they attack you? Did they shoot at you with guns? Or did they try luring you with a nice piece of food just to snatch a hook into your lip, drag you out of your habitit and eat your flesh cause you taste good? Or maybe they artificially inseminated your mother and took you away at birth to fatten you in the fastest possible way, slit your throat and eat your corpse? I bet they did all of that, those nasty vegans. Always attacking innocent people aren't they?
Peaceful but require physical work
Watching this makes me feel like i've done nothing with my life.
@@alexisfishinhuntinandfarmi2923 That's a great song by Clutch lol
The flowers in this video are remarkable 😭❤️😍
Now I know what I want to be when I grow up
This is my fantasy. Quitting my rat race job and moving to the country with my whole family and farming/living off the land. No I've never farmed before and my experience only extends to a small patio garden I grow with my 8yo daughter but I can't help myself. That life just seem so appealing for some reason.
Become a popup vendor. You can still keep your current job and become a popup vendor as part time. Becoming a vendor can change your life and live your comfortably.
Be Careful what you wish for....Hobby Farming is for Rich Kids.
This is what we were made to do !
Try this: Put a large batch of rubber bands around your wrist. So instead of grabbing them out of the bowl, grab one on your wrist to wrap around those flower stems.
love this video, have watched it many times. these two people remind me of my grandparents so much. just the way they get along with each other. Beautiful
These are the types of videos that made me subscribe. Can't wait to see more.
Eater- Thanks for watching!
You sometimes forget, how nice some people are. :)
Marcus BP people are good.
Human Behavior.
Wow! I’m sending much love from So. Cal. - That’s true dedication from start to finish .... it does pay off if you built your home from proceeds - truly amazing ! Congrats 👏
Those are some gorgeous flowers. I wish I lived near you, I'd buy flowers every week.
6:10 loook at how genuine the smiles are
this is what makes you want to watch Eater
Hats off to you two. Hard work, but the pride you must feel selling your bounty.
I am watching this at 45 originally a country boy and outdoorsman. That kinda ended years ago. Now looking into as this maybe the last chance to do a small farm. Hopefully we could get atleast 30 years for my family. This video makes me smile.
"That would be perfect." That moment really moved me! 🥺 This is my dream, thank you for sharing your story - so inspiring!
These are the things that matter!! Wonderfull .
Their items look like great quality, a lot different from the Farmers Market in my area. Great video.
Awesome! Thanks for taking the time to share!
How great it is to start the day that early. I love it
That being said, I do understand how much work they put into their lives. Great video.
Thank you so much for sharing this. If you watched this video to find out if "its worth it" looking for monetary fulfillment then you missed it. Worth is subjective. These people have all they will ever need. The fact you don't see that proves that you're living life the wrong way.
I got in love with those flowers 🥰
As a Farmers Market vendor I enjoyed this!
I rarely comment. Keep these type of videos coming Eater.
There is something very soothing about their video style.
Wow you even roast the veggies.. you guys are fantastic
Wow it does look like hard work 😓 but also rewarding I believe. God bless for all the goodness you have at the Farmers Market we truly love and appreciate healthy and nutritious vegetables and fruits 👍🏼
What a beautiful story and beautiful people, especially that young lady in the first minute.
Check out my story @bluenetmarketing
Does this woman sell seed from her Celsius's?!? Absolutely beautiful!
This video didn't really address the question posed in the title.
it did, they started young and now they are old. To me it looks like you can make a living but you wont get rich from that. Financially you might be better off in the city, life might also be easier and have everything in reach. Some people on the other hand enjoy the country life. Breathing fresh air and the only noise would be the birds. Farming is time consuming and not that much rewarding financially but most people who do it don't do it for the money alone.
While it may have answered the question, it certainly did not focus on it as evident by the multiple assumptions you make in your response. The title should be more representative of the video content.
You interpret the question as nuanced, but I see it as nothing more than clickbait.
If someone has been doing the same job for 40 year, still not seeing it as a job AND clearly making a living off it: how is that NOT answering the question???
@Angelo Guastella, I wanted to answer the question because I've been a vendor for 17 years. YES! You can make a living as a Farmer's Market vendor. I wanted to share this fact to those who seek alternative ways to earn money, those who wanted to leave their day job and establish their own business, or those who wanted to keep their day job and yet want to put up a physical business, becoming a vendor is another way for your to have a comfortable lifestyle.
Not many have gone 30 years because its hard, you dont make much, and its not for everyone. These people are unique.
It depends on the area. If there aren't a lot of affluent consumers in an area, farmer's markets are merely community garage sales where the customers are looking to buy produce cheaper than supermarket prices. So unless you live close to farmer's markets in affluent areas, farmer's markets are not profitable. Also, there is a lot of politics in farmer's markets so unless you can navigate that political atmosphere and make it work in your favor, farmer's markets aren't for you.
When you state politics, what are you referring to?
Agreed...
That’s a insightful comment. 👍🏻
@@fromdusktodawn509 Think about politics in the workplace, how employees pit themselves against each other (behind backs) to get what they personally want, or what their clique wants, or to outright get someone "terminated" or to set others up for failure, etc, etc, etc. Same goes in farmer's market politics.
What a great video, thank you for a lovely update, I like the way you said that you were the first generation flower and vegetable farmer, good in Headland and the way you survived over 400 days was very hard but you made it through, and at the end when you said sometime we get tired what doing this every day, At the end of the night when the customer says excellent then you want to do it again.
I would love to be at fresh cut flower farmer thank you for an inspiring video
What are those big red and orange colored flowers she grows?? So beautiful!!!
More of this, thank you!
I too want to go that way, smiling on the porch
Beautiful!
Eater new subscriber. Beautiful flowers and vegetables. Very nice!
This is so we'll done. Thanks. I can use the inspiration sometimes.
I am Montagnard jarai tribe love the roaster flowers so beautiful
short but nice one. great job folks
I want to do this for my handicapped son. Even if it is only an extra hundred or so dollars a month 😊.
SFA never disappoints!
Hey, hello!! You are at the Durham Farmers Market!! I ❤️ that market!!
Great video. I wish you success.
great work. great vid.. Thank you.
please do more of these style videos
My biggest problem is not the weather. It’s big Government.
Thats everyone's big problem. Its the reason I moved out of California (my native state). I will take a state with weather that's average anytime over big government.
Not sure I'll get an answer since this video was made almost a year ago - but what type of flowers are those ? They are GORGEOUS !
Two Family Homestead roses
Roses ? WOW I thought dahlias or something like that - just beautiful :)
Two Family Homestead yes, they are gorgous
I see what you mean. The flowers are beautiful!
Gorgeous coxcomb flowers!
wow this was great! :)
what a beautiful flowers, what is the name of thous flowers?
Now go watch Food Inc. its free to watch on here. This is so much better.
Misleading title. These appear to be small farmers who sell their own produce, possibly without even hiring any employees. Someone hired by farmers only to sell at farmers' markets can't make a real living at it unless they happen to have the best location and connections and they can work 7 days a week for very profitable farms at only the best markets, and be lucky enough to sell all their produce at practically every market, week after week, season after season, and year after year. And even if all those conditions are met, theyre probably being paid by the hour (and may not be getting paid for up to 6-8 hours PER DAY of driving time to reach distant markets) and still won't earn a living wage. The simple answer to the question in the title: no.
You are also being misleading in your comment. Where do these folks sell their products? - it is not clear from your comments.
Living wage? You're no of these socialist, aren't you? Living wage is a myth. There is no average income needed to survive across all brackets. It's all personal, individualised based living expenses. Anyone can decrease living expenses just by consuming less. You think teenagers need a 'living wage'? Nope.
Thanks.
@@user-pc7ef5sb6x these folks are basically homesteaders they eat what they grow, sell what they grow then can or freeze what doesn't get consumed. They don't have luxuries and fancy phones and electronics. They even produce their meat dairy etc.
What are the large red flowers she is stripping the leaves off?
Nice hardworking people.
Great video!
Very insightful !
I loved the video!
great content! keep it up
nice..i like it 👍
do you have to take up taxes on your sales? how do you account for sales and paying taxes
I think it’s time. Thank you.
This may seem late, do you sell seeds? Thanks for working so hard, your labor encourage me to do the same, thanks.
Can you tell me what kind of flowers those are?
Is your income steady or do you have intermittent income? For example, do you make an even amount of money weekly or do you make most if not all of your money in the growing season that sustains you through the off season?
beautiful
wow, God bless you
Love it
5:43 so nice of you guys to feed George Lucas!
Nice farm
so what was the bottom line(profit) for the day, it was never stated.
I'd really like to know who shot this video? Who directed it?
Yeah sure Comrade....Do you know how to make a Fortune in Farming ? ....Just start with a big one.
Yes, great! 👋👏👍
What do you do for insurance ?
Any plans for when you get old ?
@Eater Which items sell the best in your area at the markets? I am starting this year with an acre and I want to plant the produce most desired. My agenda at the same time is growing produce species that you cannot find in the big stores. Like Bradford water melons instead of sugar baby's.
My booth is next to an organic gardener who loves to point out that people only buy what is familiar. They are not interested in strange vegetables , or odd colors. I spent a lot of energy learning to grow oyster mushrooms, only to find no one was interested. 90% of my mushroom sales went to other venders. This is a backwards rural market, the big city might be different.
can goats eat those leaves in your bucket?
this is nice
I don't know how but I'm trying
Too short, lovely video
well done.:)
great music, my girlfriend says
Takes a team
Is it worth all the work? I mean the pay! LOL. I would love to know how much is made, not just these farmers but in general
#relationshipgoals
Sarah Kieny Right
bad title, great video.
The video title?
People need to just leave people alone like so wharmt if people sell produce from other growers stores does it i mezn ov gone into a grocery store and pay for carrots that are bagged already and and then paid more for ones you pick urself like and there not slways fresh
Fresh to me is when you pull it out the ground or right out of the garden snd then washing it to use right away mow thats fresh and with all the protocols about safety like how can it be resh anyways .......
I mean you have to temember the traveling it tske to get to the store and all unless any grocery store has its own garden in the store i sont think anyone can judge anyone
What are those red flowers called?
love the flowers too
i want to know too!
What kind of followers are those at 2:28 ?? They are beautiful
Cockscomb!
That's how I want to pass away😵🤙🍺🏞
Lol celosia's**
Omg..i would buy those seconds she.stripped snd tossed i the trash..