Submitted by Hardscrabble Farmer
Looks like they’re on to us.
Farmers’ Markets Have New Unwelcome Guests: Fascists
At Bloomington, Indiana’s weekend farmers’ market, shoppers can stock up on kale, fresh eggs, homemade jams—and anti-Nazi accessories.
“Don’t Buy Veggies From Nazis,” read a pile of colorful buttons at a recent Saturday farmers’ market.
The buttons were a jab at Sarah Dye and Douglas Mackey, proprietors of Schooner Creek Farm, a vegetable farm. Like other unassuming stallholders at the market, Dye and Mackey sell eggs and seasonal vegetables.
But online, Dye is “Volkmom,” an active member of the white supremacist group Identity Evropa, according to leaked chat logs. “Volk” is a nod to the Nazis’ back-to-the-land völkisch movement.