"The customers of AFM donated over 30 non~perishable food items."
- AMAZING! That must be almost $15 worth of food! For all 1,500 patrons, that averages $0.01 in contributions a person. I will let the public judge how successful the "food drive" was.

"Our vendors donated a cart full of fresh produce and baked goods."
- I assume you mean the leftovers that they couldn't sell to the thousands in attendance. Again, such a generous and amazing accomplishment.

Congratulations to you for all you do to help the hungry. You are a beacon of light and a role model for us all!

Greg P, Couple of things:
1. What did you bring to the food drive?
2, Vendors brought flats of produce on top of the product they were selling specifically for the food pantry
3. The turn out was terrific considering the weather and all those in attendance went away happy.
4. Stop being a coward and use your real name
5. Feel free to come help set up any Saturday Morning, I would appreciate the help.
6. Drop me a line so you can be part of the year long planning that goes along with bring the farmers market ot the city.
7. The public has already spoken about how they feel about the efforts of the farmers market....that's why we are at the municipal lot at 74 N. Main Street again this year.
8. I will address your other comment below under your other alias

Goodness Buck, what's got you so angry about a farmers market? You're not doing Romney any favors by hurling strangely vindictive comments.

Soon to be President Romney is proud to speak his mind and so am I. Sometimes I ruffle feathers. Sometimes Romney ruffles feathers. It needs to be done! A President must stand firm on his beliefs. I am following by example.

Romney 2012

Oops. You missed the memo. Closing is at 12:00

Hey Fake Buck/ Greg P/ EVP/ Coward:
couple of clarifications:
1. It's PORRECA
2. If you had stopped by you would have found their was no jewelry or books, FYI there was no kettle corn either.
3. regarding the law about "non farm produce", I am no lawyer or Juris Doctorate however based on the Massachsuetts Department of Agricultural Resource (MDAR) we are right in line with being a Farmer Market. attached is a link from MDAR. http://www.mass.gov/agr/markets/farmersmarkets/docs/Farmers%20Markets%20Policy_Final.pdf or you can call the Agricultural Commisioner Greg Watson, super nice guy, I am sure he can provide more information if you are concerned.
4. Certainly we did not have 1500 people yesterday, judging by the the number of quarters we had in the bucket at the end of the day, I would say about 250 folks braved the element, however the vendors had great sucess.
5.It is not Porreca Market. It belongs to Attleboro. Additionally, there is a Board of Directors for AFM, Inc. they can be found on our website. www.attleborofarmersmarket.com or you can come meet us personally any Saturday at the municipal parking lot at 74 North Main Street 8-12 through October 27 ( not september 29th, something else is going on at that location that day)
6. Glad to see you are supporting Romney, Have had the opportunity to meet him personally, seems like a really great guy. Hope he can make it to the market this year too!
7. Come on by any Saturday to help out would love the assistance

Hey Fake Buck/ Greg P/ EVP/ Coward:
couple of clarifications:
1. It's PORRECA
2. If you had stopped by you would have found their was no jewelry or books, FYI there was no kettle corn either.
3. regarding the law about "non farm produce", I am no lawyer or Juris Doctorate however based on the Massachsuetts Department of Agricultural Resource (MDAR) we are right in line with being a Farmer Market. attached is a link from MDAR. http://www.mass.gov/agr/markets/farmersmarkets/docs/Farmers%20Markets%20Policy_Final.pdf or you can call the Agricultural Commisioner Greg Watson, super nice guy, I am sure he can provide more information if you are concerned.
4. Certainly we did not have 1500 people yesterday, judging by the the number of quarters we had in the bucket at the end of the day, I would say about 250 folks braved the element, however the vendors had great sucess.
5.It is not Porreca Market. It belongs to Attleboro. Additionally, there is a Board of Directors for AFM, Inc. they can be found on our website. www.attleborofarmersmarket.com or you can come meet us personally any Saturday at the municipal parking lot at 74 North Main Street 8-12 through October 27 ( not september 29th, something else is going on at that location that day)
6. Glad to see you are supporting Romney, Have had the opportunity to meet him personally, seems like a really great guy. Hope he can make it to the market this year too!
7. Come on by any Saturday to help out would love the assistance

Attention fake Buck Farack - I - Buck Fauxrack am declaring myself the official Buck Farack imposter of the Attleboro Patch! Please defer all future Farmers market trolling/trashing to me.

Regards,
BF

Yay for Romney!!!!!

Stop being such an ass. Someone had to say it. It's Dept. of Agriculture not legal requirement!!! And it isn't 10%. Wood comes from trees - trees grow on farms. Clay is in the ground - pottery is made from clay. It is Attleboro's Farmers Market and the Porreca's selflessly volunteer their time and energy to make this city a better place. Go to the Market next week and buy some farm fresh eggs - then suck them.

There sure do seem to be a lot of fake names going around lately. Either the Patch is fine with all fake names or they're not. Doesn't matter to me. But it is the editor's prerogative to either ban all psudonyms or ban none. But as you can see I, myself Jonathan Friedman, think that we are approaching an ethically slippery slope.

Nicely said.