Farmers markets – from Eastern Market to neighborhood markets – strengthen local food security
A look at farmers markets around Southeast Michigan discusses Eastern Market as well as the food security afforded neighborhoods and smaller cities, like Highland Park, that host their own markets.
A look at farmers market around Southeast Michigan discusses Eastern
Market as well as the food security afforded neighborhoods and smaller
cities, like Highland Park, that host their own markets.
Excerpt:
Economic benefits are another farmers market positive that WSU urban planning professor Kami Pothukcuchi has studied. “Farmers markets are important as they are for
the market environment they create and the buzz they create for places.
They are tools for much larger objectives, regional objectives in terms
of economic benefits.” She cites a study that shows that money spent at markets stays in
the community. “Ten dollars spent in the market can result in $20 worth
of business in the surrounding area.”
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