In article >,
Skyhooks > wrote:

> Oh, I especially like the Soulard Market and its history.

It's been awhile since I was at Soulard (over 25 miles for me) but the
last I was there, the vast majority of produce was shipped in except for
some local fruit in season. Most of the vendors were not growers at all
but merely wholesale buyers. The Soulard website...

<http://stlouis.missouri.org/citygov/soulardmarket/>

....gives almost no information about the vendors, let alone the food.
Contrast that with the Dane County farmers' market in Madison which has
almost all local growers and a website that gives a great deal of detail
on all the growers...

<http://www.madfarmmkt.org/>

I don't know what it is about St. Louis but the demand for quality,
locally grown produce and organic type foods seems quite limited. It's
very perplexing.

Emma
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"When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and
carrying a cross." Sinclair Lewis