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People across the country are discovering the immense pleasure that can be had by living a thoughtful life full of farm-fresh food and handmade possessions. This return to the "good life" is reflected in our country's increasing interest in buying locally grown and produced goods, and there is no better place to 'shop local' than at neighborhood farmers' markets and art events. With this in mind, Christine Chitnis has crisscrossed New England (Maine New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut) discovering farmers markets and crafts markets, sometimes stretching the concept of 'markets' along the way to include open studio days, a one-of-a-kind floating farmers' market (held on a sailboat), a community heirloom plant sale, and a wide range of artisan events. Fifty of the most vibrant, unique and thriving events in the region are described and lavishly photographed.