Interesting. As I read this I am minding my craft stand at a market in the south of France. Here artists, creators and farmers are generally mixed in the same market but the issues seem very similar. In part we are too run off our feet to fight the big players and in part we are incapable of overcoming our passion for independence to work well Co-operatively. In many ways we become a tourist attraction and people don’t see us as small businesses. We are a quaint novelty where you wander for a while before getting down to the serious business of shopping at the supermarket.