Downtown Topeka Farmer's Market — Attraction in Topeka

Visiting the FM yesterday was a disappointment. It's not the organization or location, it's the quality of the goods and vendors. I got spinach, rhubarb and kohlrabi from a Mexican family. The seller was polite and filed up a big bag of spinach from under the table but when I got to use it, the spinach was spoiled the same day so I literally got sold this garbage. Another nice older couple sold my kid this chemically filled summer sausage that somehow I have to feed my family because I paid $12 for a piece. Last stop was the pretzel food truck that sold us an undercooked pretzel for $7, literally was raw and doughy. I wonder how they can afford to scam people and show their faces again the next week. Why would you put MSG and nitrites in your homemade sausage...

They have great sales a special project that they run to try and return money to the community, and help to support local Commerce. It truly saddens me that it is going the way of the Dinosaurs. If it were better marketed people might actually participate and the farmers would have enough compensation that they could go back to having a full display instead of only a handful of people bringing down produce and products that they produced by hand with a great quality direct to the consumer without having to pay the middleman at stores or settle for the convenience of Walmart in...

I love attending farmer's markets! I love spring local people who are trying to make a little living doing the things they love. Generally, I buy a lot of produce, butt since we are from out of town, we stuck to less perishable items. My kids created sand art, played with homemade wooden toys, my daughter got her face painted, and we got a delicious homemade strawberry lemonade. My in-laws, who are local, purchased fruit and vegetables, pie, carrot cake, and fresh bread. There is truly something for everyone at this market. I can't...