Seattle Times: Farmers-Market Food Costs Less
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Karen Gaudette of the Seattle Times reports Seattle University class findings that farmers market food costs less on average than at local grocery retailers.
"Ask shoppers... what compels them to visit farmers markets and most cite live music, flowers, the smell of good things pulled from the earth or out of the oven, and the chance to support local farmers. Rarely does anyone mention prices. Which got Stacey Jones to wondering why," reports Karen Gaudette of the Seattle Times.
Find out what this Seattle University professor and her students found out about how farmers market prices compare to local grocery retailers in this Seattle Times article from June 4, 2007, "Farmers-market food costs less, class says"