Thursday, May 3, 2012

DC Farmers Markets

  • Like all things, from sliced bread to cell phones, modern technology eventually benefits all walks of life. Everyone has a cell phone. However, not all things create as much of a buzz or are as easily marketable or replicated.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • WASHINGTON -- Thursdays season opening of the White House Farmers Market on Vermont Avenue marks the unofficial start of open-air produce markets in the nations capital.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • Patrons who visit the 2012 St. Clair Route 66 Farmers Market will be treated to a new and improved event every Saturday through October. The 2012 market is set to open on Saturday, May 5, on the grassy area near Health Mart Pharmacy, 855 N. Commercial Ave.
  • (Washington Missourian)
  • Farmington Farmers Artisans Market Manager Walt Gajewski and the Farmington Downtown Development Authority (DDA) plan to increase sponsor support, data mine the market for more metrics and demographics, and reduce expenses for the market.
  • (The Oakland Press)
  • Decades of World Bank programs promoting market-based approaches to land Bank's annual conference in Washington, DC. The World Bank is playing a leading role in a global land grab, say farmers movements and their international allies.
  • (Common Dreams)
  • They only went to help support the foundation and its mission." State Farmers Market The complaint also accused Haley of failing to sit out votes that benefitted Wilbur Smith and not explaining why she did sit out one particular vote.
  • (McClatchy)
  • SIOUX CITY -- A meeting is planned at 6 p.m. on Thursday for vendors interested in selling items at the Sioux City Farmers Market. The market will be on the Tyson Events Center parking lot at Pearl Street and Tri View Avenue from May 9 to Oct. 31.
  • (Sioux City Journal)
  • The Moscow City Council on Monday evening finalized a pair of 2012 policies to ban non-service animals from the Moscow Farmers Market and to regulate the use of adjacent Friendship Square on market days.
  • (Moscow-Pullman Daily News)
  • (Examiner) Diner on the move: The train car that housed the recently-closed Capital City Diner has moved to the former DC Farmers Market. One of the developers of the Florida Avenue Market purchased it and plans to incorporate it into the project.
  • (Greater Greater Washington)

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