In the photos, from the top: Karen Mills (left) and her daughter, Marissa, of R and K Orchards in Corning fill boxes of peaches for what was a long line of customers at Saturday's farmers market at Redding's City Hall; and Brenda Kearns of B and B Country Farms in Anderson arranges cucumbers.
California again leads the nation in the number of farmers markets, which have nearly doubled since 2004, according to the USDA's updated nationwide directory of farmers markets. And the Redding area has helped fueled the growth, organizers of the City Hall farmers market told me Saturday.
Check out my Capital Press story on the trend of direct-sale markets, and some reasons their popularity is taking off, by clicking here.
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