On Your Honor

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  • Vegetable stand in PEI

Have you seen any vegetable stands around your neighborhood? Does this exist in the country where you live? In Canada vegetable stands are pretty popular especially in the rural areas. The picture above was taken in Prince Edward Island (PEI), the smallest province in Canada. PEI is famous for their potatoes so we bought a bag and paid five dollars for them.

This week my family and I went for ice cream and my dad decided to take the back roads, and we came across to this:

The spinning table of carrots, beets, swiss chards, and other vegetables was constantly being sprayed by water.
  • Pumpkins
  • Tomatoes

My dad bought a pumpkin and some tomatoes. At the stand, there was a little red box with a slot for the money.

It was good to know that there are still a lot of trusting people and good people around. There was no one to watch this vegetable stand. You pay “on your honor.” The farmers trust the patrons to leave their payments in the box provided. It is a good system! It’s actually very cool! Some Americans and other people in Canada that lived in the big cities were surprised that this exists.

You can tell me what you think in the comments. I mentioned that I will have a big announcement on Tuesday. Unfortunately, my parents are still working on the details. I will post it, as soon as I am able. Stay tuned for my next post!

61 thoughts on “On Your Honor”

  1. Ariela, Great photos! Awesome vegetable stands! I used to shop at a farmers’ market and always looked forward to buying a few pumpkins in the fall. They also sold great ice cream and featured pumpkin flavor in the fall. It was one of my favorites! The honor system is rare nowdays…very neighborly and trusting! I enjoyed your post. <3 Have a wonderful school year and a great weekend! Cheryl

    1. I’m not sure about pumpkin ice cream. My family and I loves to shop at the farmers market too.Thanks for reading and thanks for your kind words! I appreciate it❤️

  4. Not far from Toronto, I know in Collingwood, Morrison Pumpkin farm that practices like this. I stopped there to take pictures, but next time I’ll have to make a purchase to contribute to the system. Thanks for this informative post.

  7. I love it. I was happy to see a take/leave book stand in a neighbor’s yard. I’ve always assumed they’d be destroyed.

    Strawberry stands are “a thing” around here. But they, and any veggie stands, are always manned… definitely can’t do an unmanned one in this area!! Even a gated community garden (with locked food stand) was repeatedly destroyed by vandals… to the point that they gave up and left.

  8. A really nice and interesting story. In my part of the world (Western Australia) the honour system is still very common, even in peri urban areas apart from rural towns themselves. You need to be quick sometimes. You can drive past and think I will buy some things on the way back, only to find it’s sold out when you do 😊

  19. Hi ! I just found your blog and I love it …your blogging voice is soo fun yet so powerful. And what a lovely post :)I live in India …if you go to the extreme countryside this is till prevalent

  20. Here on the east coast of Australia the honour system is still around but most road side stalls have people there during the day. Most are still taking cash but on occasions credit card is preferred. …but that’s where internet is reliable.

    Thanks for sharing. -Chrissy

    1. Thanks for sharing what you have in Australia 😊 It’s neat to know what are the customs of other countries.

  23. Awesome!
    That’s amazing trust…I don’t know think that was a wise business move…but it would be kind of convicting for a person who would normally steal to see something like that. Everyone wants to be trusted.
    Good post!

    1. Thank you, it’s only vegetables. If someone stole some vegetables, I think the farmer is glad to put food on the Someone else’s table.

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