Beyond Farmers' Markets: Building Local Food Systems | Main Street America

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Building Local Food Systems

A farmers’ market can be a key component of the Main Street revitalization toolkit, but these markets are only the tip of the iceberg. They are just one component you need to develop a robust local food system. Dan Carmody takes a look at current trends in America’s food system, shows how these trends affect urban and small town commercial centers and jobs, and presents a case study of Detroit’s historic Eastern Market and its efforts to change the city’s food system as well as revitalize adjacent neighborhoods.

Published in Main Street Now Journal. Written by Dan Carmody.

Shelves of cold produce in a small grocery store

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