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It really depends on how far back you are talking, but people hunted and grew their own food. At first, they hunted animals and foundvegetables that were edible. A little later, they started growing their own food. Then they tamed sheep. They then started taming more and more animals. Then in the dark ages, people grew food for other people in exchange for shelter, land, safety etc.. Now people still grow food, and they sell them to the market. The market either sells it to buyers or sell it to more sellers. Then the market is really called themiddleman. The middleman makes a lot of money because markets can't guarantee people will buy their items. The middlemen get orders from the market. So unless the market wants absolutely nothing, the middleman will keep on making things expensive. A lot of people buy their items directly and save a lot of money that way. Going to farmers markets can save money tremendously. And also that way you know it's fresh. Farmers take their just harvested crops to the farmers market. No freezing or middleman. I enjoy farmers markets to an extreme amount, and I refuse to buy anywhere else.

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