A conversation makes it easier to distinguish home-grown produce, bought-in goods and processing.
A farm shop can sell its own produce alongside goods from other businesses. There is no contradiction in that. What matters is being able to understand where the things in your basket come from.
First ask: What is grown or made here? Second: Which partner farms supply the rest? Third: Where were processed products made? Fourth: Where do their main ingredients come from? And fifth: Which products fit the current harvest season?
Terms such as “regional” are not defined in the same way everywhere. Clear information about origin is more useful than a simple promise. Germany’s Regionalfenster label can make origin and processing more transparent; it is not an organic certification.
Lotti would rather take home an answer she can understand than a perfectly filled basket. Sometimes the choice is smaller, but the family knows more about its food afterwards.