Farm stand owners throughout the Greater Victoria area are frustrated with the increasing trend of stolen produce and money.
Eric White, farm stand owner on Metchosin Road, told CHEK News has had to deal with approximately one theft per month.
“Plants were going missing, produce and eggs,” White said on Friday. “We can’t afford to have that.”
The latest theft happened on Wednesday.
Surveillance video shows someone taking a variety of vegetables – and even taking a bite of one before walking off without paying.
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According to White, produce isn’t the only thing that’s been stolen from his stand.
“The last person I think reached their hand in [the cash drop area] and pulled money out,” he…
