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OneWomanFarm.com RidgeviewAcresFarm.com Facebook.com/Wool-Farms AlwaysSummerHerbs.com BreezyHillFarmOhio.com It's a whole experience at the market as opposed to a shopping errand. The farmers market is honestly especially this one right here I would be really out of business. Any product that you can buy that's been produced locally means growing smaller quantities so that the quality of the product to start with is probably better. Some of the other vendors here the market will have smaller beans, they'll have riper tomatoes which won't ship, like they'll be okay coming in here. We put out free samples for people to try, we'll even give them a whole apple. I mean, you can't go to Walmart and just go up and just grab an apple, and take a bite out of it but here you can like with this if anybody wants one we'll give them one, you know, because we want people to discover, you know, with their taste, their mouth, their senses, what the difference is because there is a huge difference. Really what separates local from sort of commodity honey is really the care and attention that local beekeepers pay to their product. People who love honey they appreciate that we have the flowers separated from one another and they want to try all the different honeys, and I have some of my customers they've tried every type of honey I've ever produced over the past three years. Uh, so they're, they're really devoted. It's as, has as much meaning to me as a farmer to develop a relationship with the customers and to have them trust me to grow their food for them I think is a huge thing, and one that we take seriously, and so we, we do our very best to grow the, the best food that we can for you. We have a lot of customers that come weekly and they never miss because they know that our stuffs great and they, and they trust us in what we have whether it's grapes or pears, or apples, or whatever it may be. We're really a community based business. It's a symbiotic relationship between customers and us. You get to trust us. You know that we're excited about the food, we're eating this food, we're taking this home to our family, and so we're very passionate about wanting to share it with you, sell it to you so that you can enjoy it as much as we do. You don't get that at the grocery store so it's a really special relationship and, and something we're really proud of. You can't get many things that we grow from the florist. They, they just don't, aren't in the trade. There's mountain mint in here, it has a minty odor. Celosia, dahlia, sunflowers, you know, just a whole bunch, marigolds. You never saw marigolds in a cut flower arrangement before. You know, it's a little inconvenient but I think if they just give it a try and they just tried it one time, and came down, and bought some fruit or vegetables they would see a huge difference in the quality of their food, and they would say that inconvenience was worth the time because of how great the product was that they received. You'll eat better and you'll eat fresher, and, uh, you'll support the local economy. We're basically we-, you know, we're not in it for the money. You know, we're, we're doing this because it's something that we love to do and being able to share that with other families is really important to us. I'm not going to sell to you or to any of my customers something I wouldn't have my four year old or two year old eat, or myself. You know, it's not just about making money, it's about making people happy. You know, every farmer at this market appreciates everybody that comes out of their office during a hot, muggy day to spend their money with us. It's really an incredible retail dynamic that I have never really seen in any other aspect of business that I've been involved in before is that appreciation between producer and customer. We're lucky to have all the farms in the area that we have and, and people who are bringing great local food, and what we hope is that customers will break away from the grocery store mentality, and start shopping at farmers markets, and supporting people like myself who are small businessmen trying to make a, a living selling really good food. Dollar Bank Pittsburgh Regional Showcase Pittsburgh Small Business Local Pittsburgh Farmers Local Pittsburgh Food Southwestern Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Market Square Farmers Market Downtown Pittsburgh Quality vs Quantity Taste vs Shelf Life Taste the Difference Building Trust With The Customer Customer Loyalty We Love Sharing Our Food One Woman Farm Ridgeview Acres Farm Woolf Farm Always Summer Herbs Breezy Hill Farm