Allen Farmers Market

Unlike other farmers markets I have been to, the Allen St. market understands itself as an important community outreach program -- not merely a place for the relatively well-off to buy local and organic produce. Local, sustained agriculture is essential but, so, too, is building community links across traditional interest and class divisions and finding constructive ways of renewing this country's urban areas. The Allen Street Market deserves support and greater publicity because it is a model for the future.