It's common to here an experience farmer who takes there produce to a Farmers Market say "you want to pile it high and watch it fly". So with that advice and a college degree in agriculture marketing I came up with this as my my first attempt at taking that advice literally with maker pipe.

Using the conduit as a frame to elevate and shape the display boxes vertical and horizontally. I was also pleased at the weight it was able to to hold. Each basket had a frozen gallon of water wrapped in burlap to keep produce cool in addition to produce weight itself. I'm aware from the picture that it's mostly light produce but I feel I could have put a couple sacks of potatoes on the top shelf and it would hold.

Additionally my hope with the verticality was to mimic the shipping experience from a typical grocery store/permanent storefront. Please let me know in the comments if that's something your getting and if that's a good or bad thing I'm interested to know.

The shelf itself is light weight enough to be maneuvered with relative easy by one person. It does fit into my below average Honda Ridgeline truck bed. However, I have yet to identified the most efficient way to transport it, along with all my other market necessities. I transporting it in it's finished state. I feel with time this will be improved.

Also with it being conduit I could use high strength magnets gorilla glued to black shower tile for pricing and signage. Im using chalk/paint makers for easy signage changes if needed.

I've definitely have some further plans to improve over time but I'm pretty happy with how this turned out for my very first farmers market and wanted to share. Shout out to the Ivanhoe Farmers Market! If in the Kansas City Metro I suggest making it an effort to try and attend a market.

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