•Look at the notes below. •You will hear an introduction to the Farmers’ Market in London. Topic: The Farmers’ Market Rules

F: Today’s topic is a relatively new kind of market which is now very popular in London and across Britain. That’s the Farmers’ Markets. So what is a farmers’ market and how are they different from normal markets? There are strict rules that govern the people that can attend and sell at the market. There are two main rules. The first rule is that the person that attends the market has to be the producer or the grower of the food they are selling, so that means there are a lot of farmers  that sell at the market, they might be selling meat, vegetables, dairy products also sometimes  fishermen that have either farmed or caught the fish they’re selling, or possibly bakers that  have baked the bread. The other thing that defines a farmers’ market is that the produce that is  being sold comes from a specified geographic area. It might be 30 miles from the market so that  the produce is local and fresh. People like the farmers’ markets for different reasons. Some want  to support local farmers and not use big supermarkets, even if the produce is more expensive in  the farmers’ market, and most people said that the produce was fresh.