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World's Largest Farmers Markets (PHOTOS)
07-14-10 08:12 AM
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/14/worlds-largest-farmers-ma_n_637851.=
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"There is perhaps no better supplier for locavore eating then farmers markets 
for from farm to fork dining. There are 5,274 farmers markets in the United 
States. The number has grown annually since 1994, when the USDA recorded a 
mere 1,755 farmers markets. Over 19,000 farmers in the United States sell 
their produce at farmers markets. According to Planet Green's Know Your 
Farmers Market quiz, farmers are able to take home ninety percent of each 
dollar earned. Additionally, 82 percent of food sold at farmers markets is 
labeled organic by the USDA. Bill McKibben said, "The farmers market became 
our metaphor for how to think creatively about food in this country." We here 
at HuffPost Green couldn't agree more and so we decided to investigate some 
of the world's largest farmers markets."