TYLER, Texas (KETK)-- One farmers market manager is bringing awareness to the negative impacts nonlocal sellers are having on East Texas businesses and customers.

Since the pandemic, farmers markets have seen an increase in customers, but market managers said the threat to their businesses are by produce being sold from other areas.

"It's absolutely deceptive. Anyone who goes to anything called a farmer's market, you naturally assume that the person behind the table is who made it, baked it or grew it," Athens Farmers Market manager, DJ Warren said.

Most markets' mission is to offer a farm to fork service, but now their livelihood is negatively impacted.

"It takes money out of the farmers market pockets. They're already struggling. They already face a myriad of challenges every single

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