Comments on: Plastic Farmer’s Market: My letter to Urban Village Farmers’ Market Association http://myplasticfreelife.com/2007/07/plastic-farmers-market/ Think we can't live without plastic? Think again. In 2007 I committed to stop buying any new plastic & I've almost succeeded! Won't you join me? Let's see what plastic-free looks like in 2012... for the health of our bodies, our oceans, our planet. ~Beth Terry Fri, 24 May 2013 17:23:35 +0000 hourly 1 By: Sara Klips http://myplasticfreelife.com/2007/07/plastic-farmers-market/comment-page-1/#comment-13397 Sara Klips Sun, 23 May 2010 01:04:38 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2007/07/plastic-farmers-market-my-letter-to-urban-village-farmers-market-association/#comment-13397 For those foods that just do better when stored in plastic farmers could be potentially convinced to use reusable plastic or mason jars and accept returns of the packaging, perhaps offering a discount if you bring it back.

Maybe even something where you pay a dollar for the container, and when you bring the container back, you get your dollar back.

]]> By: Sunny http://myplasticfreelife.com/2007/07/plastic-farmers-market/comment-page-1/#comment-95 Sunny Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:16:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2007/07/plastic-farmers-market-my-letter-to-urban-village-farmers-market-association/#comment-95 It is quite disheartening to see that type of situation. Many of those fruits could be packaged in cardboard type containers. However, there are people who wouldn’t shop there if those items were packaged differently. We just have to continue being examples and working towards something different. I was glad to see the dining place in the building next to mine (OR State offices) start to use a cardboard type of to go container rather than a styrofoam one. Small steps I guess. My co-worker said that she didn’t like them because the food tasted “different.” I told her she was full of it and to be happy about it. Guess that’s why I’m the recycling nazi (seinfeld reference) at work.

]]> By: heather t http://myplasticfreelife.com/2007/07/plastic-farmers-market/comment-page-1/#comment-92 heather t Mon, 30 Jul 2007 05:03:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2007/07/plastic-farmers-market-my-letter-to-urban-village-farmers-market-association/#comment-92 You go girl! I hope you get some results. I wonder if the vendors have to individually package certain items for health code reasons (vs. having large open vats of olives, for example).

I just started a blog for people who want to make their own alternatives to plastic bags, and added your site as a reference link. Do you have any patterns for making your own cloth or yarn/string bags? Thanks!

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