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Farmer’s Markets Won’t Save Agriculture - Offrange

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But they are a lifeline for small farms, and a vital source of community — maybe that’s enough.

But they are a lifeline for small farms, and a vital source of community — maybe that’s enough. On any given Saturday here in the Pacific Northwest, the farmer’s market looks like a postcard of American agrarian nostalgia. Baskets of heirloom tomatoes glow like jewels. Children clutch Rainier cherries dripping with dew. A street performer strums a guitar under a tent that’s losing its battle with the wind. Shoppers drift from booth to booth with tote bags and good intentions, telling farmers how grateful they are for “local food” — a phrase that has become equal parts praise, aspiration,…

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