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<title>Winter markets a challenge up North</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 8, 2011) The state agriculture department says New York has 75 winter farmers markets that run December through March.  None of those, however, are in the North Country.  According to Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Bernadette Logozar, the markets in Lake Placid and Watertown run the latest, and they peter out in December. Logozar is Extension’s local foods specialist in the North Country.  She told David Sommerstein the region’s extra cold weather makes things like year-round greenhouses risky. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17269/20110308/winter-markets-a-challenge-up-north">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Winter farmers markets expand</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 8, 2011) Farmers markets have seen huge growth in the past three decades. They give consumers access to local food, sometimes at a lower price. And farmers can sell without a middleman getting a cut.A growing number of markets now run through the entire winter.  The state agriculture department says New York has 75 markets that run December through March.  None of those, however, are in the North Country.  Check out today&apos;s related story to find out why.First, a visit to a winter farmers market, from WNPR’s Nancy Cohen in southern Vermont. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17270/20110308/winter-farmers-markets-expand">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Shoppers Challenge &quot;Homegrown&quot; Label</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Sep 9, 2004) It&apos;s harvest time for some of the local crops. The fields are ripe with homegrown produce. Some supermarkets are advertising homegrown vegetables for sale. But some supermarkets define &quot;homegrown&quot; a lot differently than you might think.  The Great Lakes Radio Consortium&apos;s Joyce Kryszak reports on some misleading marketing that&apos;s hurting local farmers. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/4731/20040909/shoppers-challenge-quot-homegrown-quot-label">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2004 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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