Think global, eat local
May 14, 2008
Let's start with the statistics.
According to the Washington State Farmers Market Association, over the past 10 years, the number of farmers markets recorded throughout the state has doubled.
What's more, sales have quadrupled.
And one more item from a local food economy study (including Kitsap, King, Pierce and Snohomish counties) recently published by students from Seattle University -- it found for every $100 spent at a farmers market, an average $62 goes back into that market's local economy while nearly all of the revenue generated stays in state.
As you might guess, the local and state return on the same amount spent at corporate grocery stores is not so much.
