Something is missing

I try to eat healthy. I try to buy lots of fresh vegetables and fruit. I try to buy in season as much as I can. And I try to buy local produce not because it is more "sustainable" but the produce tastes better when it was picked the day before than a week or more. The problem I have is finding local produce. There are road side stands and I stop at them but they seem limited to corn and watermelon (at least right now). I want garden fresh zucchini, summer squash, lettuce, and onion and hopefully (soon) tomatoes. To that end I have gone to three different farmer's markets in the last few weeks and one thing was missing at all of them: the farmer!

There are plenty of art and homemade craft stands, food stands, pastry and artisan bread stands, local honey, locally raised beef and local canned goods but very few farmers (or in one case, none). And the produce that they offer seems limited to small beets, expensive and wilted lettuce, tasteless peaches, and potted herbs. Not what I was hoping for.