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Modern Farmers Markets (draft of intro)
In real terms, human civilization began at a market around 12,000 years ago. During the Neolithic revolution, agriculture became the focus, tools were created, the world grew warmer, population expanded, trade developed, and cultures were born.
Fast forward millennia to the new United States. Desired by many for its
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Main Street Markets (1995-2005)
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1979: California Markets Begin
"Public" markets
Just back from the Projects for Public Spaces (PPS) Public Markets conference, held about every 2 years by the New York-based public space non-profit.
Thanks for the histories
A visual for those who are TL;DR types:
This is a draft of the clusters of market founding eras that have been identified so far in my research.
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Back-To-Land and Black Power-Led Farmers Markets 1970-1980
Back-To-Landers: Defined as an agrarian movement that focuses on small scaled farming, local community, and economic self sufficiency to combat some or all forms of industrial systems.
In the U.S., the 1920s-30s saw one such era, post-WW2 had another small, more suburban one, and then