Field report · Sent Oct 8, 2026 · 08:00Free

A market at five in the morning

Three hours at a wholesale market with the traders who decide what a city eats this week.

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31 comments

Ines HalvorsenMember3h ago
The part about seed swaps being the original insurance policy stayed with me all day. Our allotment society still runs one in February.
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Teodor VasileFounding member5h ago
Good to see the costs written down. People assume saved seed is free; the drying space and labour are not.
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Mara EllisonAuthor4h ago
Teodor, that's exactly the follow-up I want to do: a cost sheet for a small seed library. If you run one, reply here.
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