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HERE’S ONE MORE for your list of Top 10 farmers markets in your fall issue: the Temescal Farmers Market in Oakland, CA. It is a new market (since July 2006) but rivals the Berkeley Market and SF Ferry Plaza (which, I’ve heard has recently been losing farmers… _{Read more} >

 

WE’VE MOVED A LOT in recent years and are familiar with several of the markets you list. Here’s an objection to the ranking (from the perspective of someone who also wants great and varied food on the table): _{Read more >}

 

IN THE BEAUTIFUL surroundings of Lincoln Park on Lake Michigan, the emphasis on sustainable food, the celebrity chef guest stars, and the actual urban produce grown by City Farm, Chicago’s Green City Market is the place to be. Your list seemed to suffer from coastal bias. -Jesse Bacon

 

THE MYTHS surrounding hybrid autos need some busting. The Prius is not that small inside, and at a base

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price of $21K+, it is hardly “thousands more” than rival sedans. Toyota may be subsidizing the Prius, but that’s something for consumers to take advantage of, not lose sleep over.

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YOUR RECENT ARTICLE about the new “green” cars that are available says, “high gas prices have encouraged buyers to choose these fuel-efficient vehicles.” In the very next paragraph, it says that Lexus sells high-performance hybrids including the GS 450h and LS 600h sedans and the RX 400h SUV. I think this is a little misleading. Read more >

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