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Alex Weiser and his family have been growing crops for 40 years. He recognizes that beyond the produce, people come to the farmer’s market to socialize.
Photo by Gillian Ferguson.
“Farming is always a gamble,” suggests farmer
Alex Weiser, who’s a fixture at the
Santa Monica Farmer’s Market. Workers never know what a harvest will look like. Weiser and other vendors at the Farmer’s Market — Leticia Garcia, Megan Strom, Romeo Coleman, and Sherry Mandel — summed up the pandemic and its economic effects in one word.
Farmers describe the support of the city of Santa Monica in keeping the farmer’s market open during the pandemic. Photo by Gillian Ferguson.