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PDX Index: Farmers Markets

By Katherine Garvey

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50 The average one-way distance, in miles, traveled by PFM vendors to the market





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73% Estimated percentage of PFM customers who biked, walked, or took public transit to the market, according to one 2010 survey





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300 Estimated loaves sold by DAVE’S KILLER BREAD in its first week
as a market vendor in 2005





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200,000 Loaves of DAVE’S KILLER BREAD now sold weekly at grocery stores





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$8M Estimated TOTAL AMOUNT SHOPPERS SPENT at PFM locations 2010





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200 Piglets born each season at Square
Pegs Farms in Forest Grove





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4,500 POUNDS OF PORK Square Pegs sells at farmers markets in a year

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Published: May 2011

 

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