San Francisco Chronicle November 4, 2010 04:00 AM Copyright San Francisco Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
It’s always a good time to haggle for your regional veggies in an alfresco setting. But with the advent of harvest season, it’s harder to say no to a bike basket full of Mother Nature‘s free-range heirloom goodies at the peak of their virtue, at a farmers’ market near you.
So why not take advantage of the final week of daylight-saving time to visit the weekly Mission Community Market on Bartlett Street, and see how such gatherings are bringing new life to urban streetscapes?
Since July, the Mission Community Market has brought in many of the same farm-fresh fresh foods as the usual markets. This market originated in response to “a lot of community members (who) came forward asking for a farmers’ market unique to the Mission, even a community market,” says Jeremy Shaw, the market’s organizer.
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