By Matthew Pearson, Ottawa Citizen, March 6, 2017
Local coffee roasters, cheese makers and jam producers could soon be invited to sell their products at the ByWard and Parkdale markets.
The city is proposing to expand the criteria for its outdoor markets to include a new “microprocessor” category. Microprocessors are considered small-scale, local producers who are “actively and directly engaged in the transformation or processing of an agri-food product” intended for consumption.
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