Long Island's farmers markets
Photo credit: Newsday, 2010 / Erica Marcus | Long Beach's Kennedy Plaza farmers market takes place on Wednesdays and Saturdays in front of Long Beach City Hall at 1 W. Chester St.
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The social appeal of the farmers market is neatly summed up by Ethel Terry: "The farmers and the customers get to know each other's names," says the director of Long Island Growers Market, which sponsors a third of the markets in Nassau and Suffolk. In addition to nurturing relationships, the markets allow suburbanites to buy just-picked seasonal produce at fair...
