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Public market to focus strictly on Mass. products

By Casey Ross

 |  Globe Staff  

  December 20, 2011

A planned public food market in Boston will feature almost exclusively Massachusetts-based products as part of supporting a truly local food outlet that will not sell bananas, oranges and other staples from outside the region. The market’s business plan, outlined in documents released by the state yesterday, imposes strict limits on the facility’s inventory, reminiscent of a time before mass shipping when people had a more seasonal diet based on what the local land and waters made available.

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