NYC Green Market

[tanabutler]

Ditto what Dosconz said.

[SobaAddict70]

One key project would be the development of a wholesale farmers' market where supermarkets and bodegas could buy local produce at competitive prices.

"There is no good reason why the only apples I can buy should come from California," said Victor Cruz, owner of Bodega del Mundo in Elmhurst, Queens. "The system now makes no sense."

More far-reaching would be the establishment of a New York City food policy council, which would oversee all the food-related issues in the city — from wholesale markets to school lunches to the safety of the food supply.

When A Quest For Local Vegetables Becomes An Odyssey Of Epic Proportions (Julia Moskin) (from the NYTimes DIGEST update for 21 July 2004. Scroll down for the appropriate link.)

Soba

[robyn]

Related to this discussion, the NYTimes weighs in with an article in today's Dining In/Dining Out section:

One key project would be the development of a wholesale farmers' market where supermarkets and bodegas could buy local produce at competitive prices.

"There is no good reason why the only apples I can buy should come from California," said Victor Cruz, owner of Bodega del Mundo in Elmhurst, Queens. "The system now makes no sense."

More far-reaching would be the establishment of a New York City food policy council, which would oversee all the food-related issues in the city — from wholesale markets to school lunches to the safety of the food supply.

When A Quest For Local Vegetables Becomes An Odyssey Of Epic Proportions (Julia Moskin)

Soba

I know you can grow apples in New York. But aren't there a lot of crops that are difficult/impossible to grow there?

I know where I live - there's hardly anything that works produce wise in the summer. So - if I had to eat locally - I'd mostly be eating bugs . Robyn