Why is there no farmers market in athlone?

epicmoe · 2023-09-07 06:49:39

with above 21000 population, seems like a right spot for it. although the organic shop has closed down I see, so maybe not the right demographic. what's the story? was there ever a farmers market there? why is there not one now? would you go to one if there was one?

07-09-2023 06:49AM

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epicmoe

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with above 21000 population, seems like a right spot for it. although the organic shop has closed down I see, so maybe not the right demographic. what's the story? was there ever a farmers market there? why is there not one now? would you go to one if there was one?

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#2 07-09-2023 07:20AM

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Places with twice that population don't have them either. There's not really sufficient local produce and hard to make money from it.

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There is no demand.

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Just in case anyone is interested, Robs Ranch House in town are trying to set up a farmers market for the first (or last) Saturday of every month.
They are putting posts up about it on their Facebook, looking for people to display.

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