How Many Farmers’ Markets Can Survive?

Here is an interesting article from the Seattle PI on whether having more farmers’ markets makes economic sense.  What are your thoughts on this?  How do you think recent code changes allowing people to sell food they have grown might affect local food access and farmers’ markets?

There’s a weekly ritual savored by a lot of foodies: Stroll to a farmers market, buy some freshly dug heirloom carrots or richly hued purple potatoes, and feel fabulous about supporting local farmers.

Except these days, those farmers are starting to feel stressed out.

As more neighborhoods clamor for their own farmers markets, farmers are watching their revenue shrink, as markets compete with each other and dilute profits.

The recent explosion in farmers markets – including new ones in Belltown and Georgetown this year, and in downtown and South Lake Union last year – have prompted many to ask: In culinary-conscious, urban-ag-loving Seattle, is it possible to have too many farmers markets?   More…

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