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Alice Waters Sandwich

September 15, 2004 by Penny.Leff
Alice Waters Sandwich
Eight years ago last month, I was hired to manage the Berkeley Farmers' Markets, a thirty-hour per week job that paid ten dollars an hour.
Posted in Fall 2004

Meat Is a Hot Potato

August 15, 2004 by Penny.Leff
Meat Is a Hot Potato
Making policy can be tough work, especially when those policies affect what we eat.
Posted in Summer 2004

Laissez-faire it A’int

February 15, 2004 by Penny.Leff
Laissez-faire it A'int
Strawberries and tomatoes, apple cider and green beans. Berkeley Farmers’ Markets bustle with an abundance of the best of each season’s harvest.
Posted in Spring 2004

Window on the Ecology Center

November 15, 2003 by Penny.Leff
Window on the Ecology Center
The big yellow truck usually arrives a little late to the Derby Street Tuesday Farmers’ Market. A casual shopper might raise an eyebrow, thinking these late arrivals got up late or took a long lunch break.
Posted in Summer 2006, Winter 2003

Cabbage Meets Cars

August 15, 2003 by Penny.Leff
Cabbage Meets Cars
As the co-manager of the Ecology Center’s farmers’ markets, I know that birthing a market involves more than lining up growers.
Posted in Fall 2003

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