http://tags.library.upenn.edu/tag/food+cpln631 PennTags Feed http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/6456 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/6456 <p>the origin of farmers markets in the US. </p><p>The idea that shook the world</p> <div class="storysubhead">Straight from farmer with no middleman? That was a radical notion 27 years ago.</div> <div class="storybyline">By Russ Parsons, Times Staff Writer<br /> May 24, 2006 </div><p><br /> Straight from farmer to customer, with no middleman? The very best fruits and vegetables in low-income neighborhoods? Twenty-seven years ago these were radical notions. My, how things have changed.<br /> </p>