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[sanrico AT highdesert.com]

Posted: 2006-12-20 21:13:40.500108-08

A great story was just posted about a town in the UK where demand for the 
local
farmers market appears to have caused the McDonalds to shut down for lack of
business. 

Maybe this is the beginning of a trend. At the rate that farmers markets and
interest in local food has been increasing in the US - up to 4,300 markets now
and counting - and with slowed growth (perhaps eventual decline?) of the
McDonalds in the country (now at 12,800 and counting), how long will it take 
for
there to be more farmers markets than McDonalds? Anyone good at math and has 
some
spare time? 
 
http://www.sustainabletable.org/blog/archives/2006/12/uk_farmers_mark.html 

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