Jessica's Blog — Farmers' Markets
Reciprocity
Posted by Jessica Duncan on
“You might rightly observe that we no longer live in small, insular societies, where generosity and mutual esteem structure our relations. But we could. It is within our power to create such webs of interdependence, quite outside the market economy. Intentional communities of mutual self-reliance and reciprocity are the wave of the future, and their currency is sharing. The move toward a local food economy is not just about freshness and food miles and carbon footprints and soil organic matter. It is all of those things, but it’s also about the deeply human desire for connection, to be in reciprocity...
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Ten Years of Singing Bowl Granola!
Posted by Jessica Duncan on
Understanding the concept of Enough has been one of my biggest lessons in life and has brought me an abundance of peace and happiness.
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What Makes a Market Vendor?
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Every July, like clockwork, I ask myself what the hell was I thinking starting a granola business. But, here I am, a long-time market vendor, selling my hand-crafted wares to both the unsuspecting public and loyal fans, and I also think to myself, life could be worse.