Convenient access to a farm-fresh tomato is being used as a lure to get people to buy homes in North Carolina suburbia. Developers are toying with the idea of installing farm stands in subdivisions next to pools and neighborhood shopping centers. To use real estate lingo, they hope to turn produce into a “neighborhood amenity.” Raw Food/Real World: 100 Recipes to Get the Glow

Between 1994 and 2004, the number of farmers markets in the United States more than doubled to 3,706, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Growing demand for fresh, local produce has probably boosted that number to 4,000 since then, according to Charlie Touchette, executive director of the North American Farmers’ Direct Marketing Association. In the Raleigh area, D.R. Bryan was one of the first developers to experiment with a neighborhood farmers market. His company added one to its Southern Village development in Chapel Hill two years ago and found that it helped make the new neighborhood feel more like a small town.

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