Sustainability Visit

1. What is your name and your role here at the (farmers market, CSA, community garden)?
Tom and I am a shopper and a seller.

2. Why do you choose to shop here/garden here/support this CSA?
To support locally and because I know the people here and its a very social environment. Also because its safe and affordable.

3. When did you first start coming here?
1 month ago, but I have been supporting farmers markets since the 80's....I'm a hippie

4. Do you garden at home? Why or why not?
Yes, because it supports the locals and for all the reasons in #2.

5. How did you find out about this place?
I am a farmer and you hear about these things when you're a farmer

6. What would be your advice to get others to do what you do?

I think it's pretty clear to most people that there are a lot of benefits to shopping here but that's what I would tell them...all the benefits of it.

What struck you about the location you visited? Was it what you expected or very different?

What struck me about the farmers market was that it was outside. I feel stupid for thinking it now, but when I first heard of a farmers market I thought that it would be inside and that there would be animals inside of it and everything, kind of like a petting zoo or something. Then when I got there it was just a long line of tents doing through what looked like a giant parking lot. So, obviously, when I saw the real thing it was not anywhere close to what i had expected.

Do you think you will start going to a farmers market more often?

I think that I will start to go there more often then I do now, but I probably will not go there all the time and I will still shop at a regular store a lot. But for some things I will probably go to a farmers market to get them.

How do these locations fit into our essential questions of "Why don't people live more sustainably?" and "How can I convince them to do so?"

The farmers market and the sustainability visits fit into our essential questions because supporting a farmers market is one way of living sustainably and also by getting the interviews from people who support them regularly we see why they do this and we can pass that on to others to encourage them to use farmers markets also.