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Article: Bring a bag, pick your produce
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- Chicago Sun-Times
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- May 13, 2009
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When you go to a farmers market, perhaps you shop with a checklist. Your list varies, of course, as the seasons change. But there is one thing that shoppers frequently forget to add to that list.
"We would like to see people bring their own bags to the farmers markets this year," says Veronica Resa, community relations specialist for the Mayor's Office of Special Events, which oversees farmers markets in the city.
After all, the markets don't have an enormous stack of grocery bags like the supermarkets do. So bring along your favorite canvas bag or a few grocery bags from home.
After a long, ferocious winter and a cold, rainy early spring, it's fun to shop outdoors at a farmers market.
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