Word: greenmarket
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Dates: during 1976-1976
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...sprouting in downtown areas all across the U.S. In recent years the markets have taken root in such disparate cities as Louisville, Syracuse, Santa Fe, N. Mex., and Honolulu. This year alone, farmers have opened new beachheads in Pittsburgh, San Jose, Calif., and Birmingham, among other cities. At the Greenmarket, a lot on Manhattan's East Side, 18 jovial farmers and their families roll their trucks in from upstate before dawn and roll out past dark with sales of as much as $16,000 worth of produce in their pockets...
...market I can pick every tomato, every ear of corn and every potato myself and know it's all fresh." The prices are tasty too. Because there is no middleman, farmers can sell their produce at prices one-third to one-half less than in supermarkets. At the Greenmarket last week, a dozen ears of sweet corn sold for $1, as did 4 Ibs. of fat tomatoes. At a nearby supermarket, the same package went...
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