Bloom Archives
Tag: Bloomington Community Farmers’ Market
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Abby Ang: Finding Resources for Marginalized People
COVID-19 is frightening enough for people with prominence and a voice in the community. For marginalized people—the unemployed, minorities, and the poor—it can be…
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How One Farmhand Got Land for His Own Farm
After working other people’s farms for a dozen years, Grant Pershing, 44, was ready to start farming for himself. Unfortunately, finding a bank that…
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Local Farm Stand Offers Food on Honor System
Area farmers’ markets offer consumers the opportunity to buy local foods on a weekly or twice-weekly basis, but those who want to stock up…
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Soap, Cheese, Even Landscaping & Yoga—All at The Goat Conspiracy (PHOTO GALLERY)
Although business partners Tonya Plachy and Nicole Schonemann say they left their careers four years ago to work for themselves, in reality, they work…
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Michael Adams: Lexicographer
Most people think of dictionaries as thick volumes that lay out the definitions of words with resolute authority. But Michael Adams, provost professor of…
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Under the Weather: How Climate Change is Messing with Monroe County
Indiana’s seasons aren’t quite what they used to be. Wet springs that lead to floods are often followed by summers with dangerously high temperatures.…
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A Magical Fish and the City it Spawned
One hundred and 11 years ago, work was completed on our courthouse in the Square. But the origins of that building, of the weathervane…
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Saturday Mornings at the Farmers’ Market
If you want to get a real feel for Bloomington, there’s no better place than the Bloomington Community Farmers’ Market, held from April through…
