Learning about Lexington Market

Waiting for the zine Most of the work in the zine this week has been with Kaila (final editing) and Calvin/Markele (production and photos).    I am eager to see the final product.    In the meantime, I have continued to research the history of markets.     More history of public markets When we talked to Eli Pousson, he said, among other things, that the history of Lexington Market needs to be understood in the context of other changes, one of those being the change from an agrarian to an industrial food system. [1]     In the first, farmers sell fresh food – produce, meat and/or dairy products – directly to consumers.   In the latter, food is distributed and sold by third parties, increasingly corporations.    In colonial America, most towns had markets much like those in England.   They were held in the center of town and allowed local farmers to sell their produce or other products to people who liv...

Blog 6 For Zine 1 In line with our class discussion, I shortened my paragraph on origins of the market and suggested a couple of sentences to add to the one about the fire.   I await the next draft with great interest.   Stacey Pack Interview I listened to the Stacey Pack interview with the goal of finding some pull quotes and then transcribing them.   The act of transcription made me notice particularly how much spoken language differs from written language.   Although she is quite articulate, there are a lot of false starts where she is self-editing as she goes.   She does say “you know” but not as frequently as some people.   I understand from Dr. King that one transcribes verbatim, but it is possible to clean up the text when quoting it later. I transcribed 5 quotes about the following:   1) the plan for the outdoor space which is (in part) to create a farmers market; 2) goals for the market (from presentation t...