Comments on: Leeking Out http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/11/07/leeking-out/ 68.3 Square Miles of D.C. News and Opinion Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:05:00 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Kasandra Gunter Robinson http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/11/07/leeking-out/comment-page-1/#comment-46916 Kasandra Gunter Robinson Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:36:15 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/11/07/leeking-out/#comment-46916 The AFM was held on Wednesdays because that is the day the food bank was able to get farmers to attend. Farmers typically attend more profitable markets on Saturdays. Additionally, the CAFB sought other vendors to help create a more robust market, however there has been a moratorium on permits in the District for several years, thereby prohibiting new vendors to sell their goods at the AFM. The AFM was held on Wednesdays because that is the day the food bank was able to get farmers to attend. Farmers typically attend more profitable markets on Saturdays.

Additionally, the CAFB sought other vendors to help create a more robust market, however there has been a moratorium on permits in the District for several years, thereby prohibiting new vendors to sell their goods at the AFM.

]]> By: sara.h http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/11/07/leeking-out/comment-page-1/#comment-46440 sara.h Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:31:31 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/11/07/leeking-out/#comment-46440 any idea why the market was held on a Wednesday instead of on the weekend like most of the other markets in the area? any idea why the market was held on a Wednesday instead of on the weekend like most of the other markets in the area?

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