When people come to the farmers' market, they're here to support small businesses and local farmers. They're excited to learn new things. They're really encouraging and supportive! Being a part of people's weekly lives, the regulars who show up and are excited to see me and excited to buy microgreens is one of my favorite parts of selling at the farmers' market.
Hospitality employs 2.6 million people in the UK, 7.1% of the entire workforce. It generates £69.5 billion in gross value added. It contributes £54 billion in gross tax receipts annually. It is, by any reasonable measure, not a peripheral cottage industry but a cornerstone of the British economy.
It's a gorgeous, 63-degree fall Sunday morning, and Groovy Goose is slammed. Every table inside and out of the shoebox-sized coffee shop is filled, the line is five-deep and the slim corridor that runs along the coffee bar's counter has a dozen more people hugging the wall, patiently waiting for their coffees to be ready. "Matcha latte for Brett?" the barista asks. "Brett" appears and grabs his cup.