Apparently someone felt like they needed to teach the Atlanta farmer’s markets a lesson.

Meridith Ford Goldman writes from beyond the AJC paycheck that two formal complaints have prompted the city of Atlanta to crackdown on five of the city’s farmer’s markets (Morningside Farmers Market, East Lake Market, East Atlanta Village Market, Peachtree Road Farmers Market and SWOOM (Southwest Outdoor Organic Market).

And while the city of Atlanta has stated it wants to work with the farmer’s markets to come up with new specific regulations, for now it sounds like the new world of red-tape will result in some new fees and costs usually reserved for for-profit markets.