FreshConnect Farmers Market opens for summer in Harlem
By SHEILA ANNE FEENEY. The market's cheerleaders hope the availability of fresh, locally grown vegetables and fruits will strike a blow to the city's worsening obesity epidemic. (About 34% of adults are overweight and 22% obese, with rates typically worse in low-income communities.). The Farmer's Market "is a great idea," said Cheena Jain, 28, a Harlem vegetarian. But "more education needs to be done" to improve obesity rates in a neighborhood that abounds with waist-widening temptations. "We've got a fried chicken place on every block," she noted
