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Article: Market organizers are committed to the organic.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
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- July 1, 1996
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ATLANTA _ Look, organic vegetables are just dandy ... but a market needs more than that to survive. Doesn't it?
That's what the Georgia Organic Growers' Association is hoping to find out. With high hopes, light hearts _ and lots of dill, oregano and baby turnips _ they're drawing fans of fresh to a small parking lot on North Highland Avenue (not far from Emory University) for the Morningside Organic Market on Saturday mornings.
``We're small, but we're growing,'' says Cynthia Hizer, an organic farmer and market organizer.
This is the second year for the market, which was an offshoot of talks between farmers and chefs. Several years ago, GOGA realized ...