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[Bill Jones <billj AT harborside.com>]

A few years ago I decided that with tap root crops, I would only eat 
organic ones, since rust fly pesticides actually flood the roots.  
Unfortunately here we only recently got farmers markets going, and there 
just aren't many local produce growers of any kind.  Since they're 
wanting a fairly large fee from the farmers to set up a booth, it's 
poorly attended.  Picture the kettle corn guy, some fruit people, and 
the gal selling sourdough.  And it's 35 miles away.  There's also 
another co-op in the city that's always had better o-carrots.  But for 
an o-carrot for lunch out here in the sticks, the local co-op is still 
the closest option.  I finally just gave up carrots, back before I had 
put in the new beds that enable me to grow them without vole predation.

Bill
S. Oregon coast