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We are seeing something very similar here in Colombia. Some of the old 
markets still function and function well but thre are new markets developing 
similar to US farmers markets. It is neat to see. I walked about 2 klicks up 
to one to buy veggies fro the finca a couple of day ago. Met a neighbor I had 
not yet known and good some very good deals. Nice thing here is that there is 
a lot of governement support for these markets.


---- Tradingpost <tradingpost@lobo.net> wrote: 
> 
> there's a lot more in this piece --
> 
> Excerpt from
> Michael Pollan: The Mighty Rise of the Food Revolution
> Michael Pollan / New York Review of Books
> http://www.alternet.org/food/147661/michael_pollan%3A_the_mighty_rise_of_the_food_revolution/?page=entire
> 
> One can get a taste of this social space simply by hanging around a 
> farmers’ market, an activity that a great many people enjoy today 
> regardless of whether they’re in the market for a bunch of carrots or a 
> head of lettuce. Farmers’ markets are thriving, more than five thousand 
> strong, and there is a lot more going on in them than the exchange of money 
> for food. Someone is collecting signatures on a petition. Someone else is 
> playing music. Children are everywhere, sampling fresh produce, talking to 
> farmers. Friends and acquaintances stop to chat. One sociologist calculated 
> that people have ten times as many conversations at the farmers’ market 
> than they do in the supermarket. Socially as well as sensually, the 
> farmers’ market offers a remarkably rich and appealing environment. Someone 
> buying food here may be acting not just as a consumer but also as a 
> neighbor, a citizen, a parent, a cook. In many cities and towns, farmers’ 
> markets have taken on (and not for the first time) the function of a lively 
> new public square.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> 
> paul tradingpost@lobo.net
> 
> 
> 
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