This week, Oakland’s farmer’s markets are leaving a bad taste in some local mouths*, as some local business-owners argue that the markets — which don’t pay rent to the city and which are including more and more non-farm vendors, many from outside the area — are actually hurting the local economy, despite the veneer of feel-good urban idyll. Intrepid former intern Madeleine “Bair Jordan” Bair dives into it here.
*PUN INTENDED!! Lolz