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"Meet Me at the Market" - The Evolution of a Farmers Market

August 07, 2013 Arthur Neal, Deputy Administrator, AMS Transportation & Marketing Program

What better time than National Farmers Market Week to explore the history of farmers markets in the United States? Farmers markets are a critical ingredient to our nation’s food system, and date back to 1730 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in the United States. "Meet me at the Market" has for decades...

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