Joe Durando News Today

For many small-scale fruit and vegetable growers, “local” is the word that makes their business work. Shoppers seek out—and pay premiums for—the promise

The dilemma facing shoppers at most farmers markets centers on which vendor has the best-looking peppers or carrots, or maybe the best prices. But another consideration has crept in at the Saturday morning Haile Village market: which vendors are wearing masks. Several vendors — selling meat, vegetables, olive oil — do not. One cited his own health as a reason. Others declined to say. Meanwhile, some vendors post signs asking customers to wear face coverings or tack the Alachua County rule...