FOCUS ON BENEFITS OF LOCAL FARMERS' MARKETS.(MAIN)

Byline: MATT LINDSTROM Latham

Dina Cappiello's recent article, ``Some reap what others sow,'' addresses an important governance issue within the management of farmers' markets. However, instead of exclusively focusing on the intricacies of regulation, your readers would have been better served by a more thorough discussion of the benefits farmers' markets bring to communities, consumers and growers.

In this day of corporate agriculture and supermarket distribution, the last thing small growers and farmers' markets need is a story that leaves readers questioning the worthiness of farmers' markets in our area.

Beginning this past May, a grass-roots …