Our research question as of now is how we are going to go about doing the interview. We decided on, "Why buy local?"
Some questions to follow:
- What are the benefits of buying local?
- What are the disadvantages of buying local?
- What obstacles are there when building a farmers market?
Other sources we are deciding on interviewing:
We talked about Kirby leading us to one of her farmers and possibly interviewing him/her. It would be nice to see the behind the scenes of the farmers market.
Also, there is an Italian market opening up near me. We discussed using that as a secondary place to maybe find potential interviewees.
And, one of my regular customers at my work comes in on Saturdays. He is a farmer and distributes to my restaurant when his food is in season(broccoli rapa, asparagus, etc.) I was going to see if I could possibly get an interview with him or some other information.
We also wanted to get the customers side of buying at local markets.
As of now, we have all our ideas centered around the farmers market aspect of the food industry. I hope to keep updates on the process.
Peace