If you forget to take a reusable bag to the Downtown Farmers Market, it will cost you.
Organizers of the state’s premier summer market — which kicks off its 28th season this Saturday — have decided to stop giving away bags to forgetful shoppers.
“We’re trying to change behaviors,” said market manager Alison Einerson. And the best way to to that, she added with a tinge of sarcasm, "is to invite people to pay.”
Farmers will sell reusable bags for $1 — they’ll make a 50 cent profit on each one, said Einerson. Other vendors will have bags, too.