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Fresh Summer Harvest At Aiken Farmers Market
At the Aiken Farmers Market on Richland Avenue and Williamsburg Street locals gather amid heat as Okra squash and melons fill tables. Allegora Simmons 18 sells with help from family planning to study computer programming at Livingston College. Frances Young 47 market manager notes sellers grow their own produce and many customers return for familiar vendors. Margaret Shealy 40 says herbs and flowers are worth the trip and Darryl Riley 23 sees value in fresh produce over California imports. Willis Bell 34 debuts selling honey from four beehives to support his family. his daughter Stephanie 15 plans to spend her earnings on clothes.
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Aiken Farmers’ Market
Richland Avenue
Williamsburg Street
Allegora Simmons
Ms. Simmons
Livingston College
North Carolina
Summer Grove Baptist Church
Frances Young
Mrs. Young
Ms. Young
Aiken
Young
Margaret Shealy
Ms. Shealy
Willis Bell
Bell
Stephanie