Comment 47760

By ??? (anonymous) | Posted September 15, 2010 at 21:11:56

Jason, before you lash out at the vendors that have 2-3 stalls carrying Ontario Food Terminal "Stuff", know what you are talking about!! You make OFT sound so negative!! First of all, the OFT consists of Importers and Ontario Farmers. The main "Houses", which are the importers, has a healthy relationship with the Ontario farmers, they co-exist in harmony. There is a large Farmers section at the OFT and the "main" houses carry a large variety of local products all year long. When the farmer decides to close up for the winter, be thankful we have the Ontario Food Terminal.
Now, about those vendors at the Hamilton Market that have multiple stalls, carrying the same products and are owned by the same person. The space they are occupying have been abandoned or sold off by FARMERS!! Nobody wanted those spots. Would you shop at an empty market?
Not only Fruit & Vegetable vendors occupy multiple stalls, but Bread, Deli & Cheese, Flower, Chicken and Meat vendors are also doing those capitalistic things. So please don't lash out at the vendors that buy at the OFT, even 99.9% of the farmers at the Hamilton Market shop there,because of the OFT we are never in short supply of fruit & veggies all year long, as experienced in many parts of Canada. Another reason why you should be thankful of the OFT is that the price of fruit & vegetables in Southern Ontario is probably the least expensive than in any other part of Canada or US( bananas in Quebec is 79lb. Buffalo 79lb. US!!)
How about going back 20-25 years ago, where every other stall was a farmer selling similar produce, nobody complained back then!!!Be thankful these few vendors are taking vacant space and running it at their own expense, giving the customer many choices. You don't think farmers in the area don't know about the Hamilton Market and the equal opportunity they have to fill those vacant stalls?? Don't kid yourself...sure they know!! They just don't want to!!
Don't put the blame on these vendors, but rather the Market and the City for allowing multiple stalls, WHY?? Because renting out these vacant stalls generated revenue for the city!!

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