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MITDV Events: Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market Tour
The original Philadelphia Regional Produce Market® opened its doors in 1959 with the "terminal market" concept in produce marketing. Today and 50 years later, the Market is an even bigger success with a brand new, state of the art facility, which opened in January 2011.
We will have lunch at noon on Sunday, followed by a tour of the facility.
Images courtesy of the Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market.
Date: Sunday, May 20, 2012
Time: 12:00 noon -- lunch and tour
Location: Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market
6700 Essington Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19153
park in the parking lot to the right, and…
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