Farmers' Market Fraud: Are Scammers Ripping You Off?

NBC Los Angeles' news team decided to do some checking around at local farmer's markets, and paid visits to the farms where the vendors claimed they grew the food they were selling. In some cases, they found fields full of weeds or dry, empty fields. The vendors were selling vegetables and fruit they had bought wholesale, and were selling it at premium prices at local farmer's markets, claiming it was locally grown and organic.

Topics:  nbc los angeles   organic food   market   selling   farmer   fields   vendors   local   
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