Until the 1990s if you brought up “farmers markets” to anyone, they’d think you were talking about some quaint colonial era system where farmers brought their produce to market. These days though, farmers markets can be big business.  To anyone who wants to bypass the clunky and overcomplicated system by which the supermarkets source produce from all over the world, buying directly from farmers in the area is often a great way to go.  Over the past 10 years, farmers markets have really grown across the country. There about 5000 outlets now for anyone who wants to buy local in-season produce. The government has really been doing its part to, to make farmers markets possible.