3 - The Wholesale/Retail Hybrid, Oaxaca Style (Pt.1)

As I explained in the previous post, Oaxaca's food system (plus the local economy and social structure) is built around market events called tianguis.  The valleys of Oaxaca are intricately connected by these market days, when people from all over the region migrate around the valley (often by buses or collective taxis, because few people own a car) to buy, sell, trade, gossip, and gawk at the scene, where anything you can imagine is for sale.  Frustrated because you can't get convenience items at your local farmers market?  I picked...

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Published By: Archinect - Friday, 17 February