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Recession may hit farmers' markets
by
Brian Lovelidge
Horticulture Week
05 December 2008
The number of farmers' markets has increased over the past year but with a recession looming that trend is likely be halted or even reversed.
This was the prediction of National Farmers' Retail & Markets Association managing agent Gareth Jones. He said that the number of farmers' markets had slumped to about 200 during the 2001 foot-and-mouth disease epidemic but since then they have recovered, increasing by over 15 per cent during the past year to some 700. The main...
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