A2: Food

The Detroit Free Press reports on Lunasa Market, a Web-based local-foods marketplace co-founded by Chelsea residents Dawn Thompson and Jane Pacheco. From the report: “Vendors and shoppers alike pay a $40 annual fee, which helps cover costs, including rent on the group’s Jackson Road warehouse. There, on the second and fourth Tuesday night of every month, the Lunasa in cyberspace transforms into a real-life collection of food-loving buyers and sellers, meeting over tables laden with high-quality products that customers can see, taste, touch and purchase. Much of what the purveyors bring to market was ordered and paid for earlier online by Lunasa shoppers. But most vendors also bring extra items that can be bought on the spot.” [Source]