Packaged Produce (IMAGE)

Penn State

Packaged Produce

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According to the US Department of Agriculture, there are about 8,500 farmers markets in the US and while most all of them sell fresh produce like this, 40 percent of them are selling prepared foods, 66 percent meat or poultry and 16 percent fish or seafood.

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Joshua Scheinberg

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