New Orleans Voices: Richard McCarthy

Richard McCarthy is the founder of marketumbrella.org, the organization that runs many of the farmers markets around New Orleans. Besides running several local markets, Richard also assists many other markets that are trying to get started, including some from out of the country. "It’s not as easy as it looks," Richards says of running a market. As he notes, these popular markets are about much more than fresh food, they are all about community. Listen now.

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