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Local News - Local News - September 13, 2012
Spokane-area farmers markets grow sales
Seven venues here report $1.3 million in combined revenue

By Treva Lind
Of the Journal of Business

Rocky Ridge Ranch's Gary Angell restocks his stand at the South Perry farmers market.
Rocky Ridge Ranch's Gary Angell restocks his stand at the South Perry farmers market.
—Staff photo by Treva Lind
While farmers markets in Spokane County provide plenty of fresh produce, they also deliver a strong economic impact that last year grew to just over $1.3 million in combined vendor sales among seven markets here.

Washington State University's Wenatchee-based Small Farms Program is collecting such information as part of a three-year study on farmers markets that began in 2009 to research their economic, community, and environmental impacts statewide.

"From the markets...


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