More than a few Northfielders got this email recently from Molly Bloom, Public Insight Analyst for MPR News and their Public Insight Network: I’m writing today because you’re a source…
Tag: <span>farmers market</span>
I rode my bike through Riverside Park on Friday around noon and noticed that the 7th St. parking lot was completely full of Northfield Farmers’ Market vendors and shoppers.…
James McWilliams, author of the new book with the Northfield-oriented title Just Food: Where Locavores Get It Wrong and How We Can Truly Eat Responsibly, has a guest post on the NY Times Freakonomics blog titled Do Farmers’ Markets Really Strengthen Local Communities? It got me thinking. And wondering whether his argument could be applied to locally owned retail stores. (continued)