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Everything at this farmers market could be cooked but none of it was edible

Media artist Yufeng Zhao, left, stands with his display of one-way street signs at the recent dataset farmers market in Brooklyn.
Jon Kalish
Media artist Yufeng Zhao, left, stands with his display of one-way street signs at the recent dataset farmers market in Brooklyn.

A unique farmers market was held recently inside at an art gallery in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn. Although the items being sold could be cooked, none of them were edible. That’s because it was a dataset farmers market, where “artisanal data & heirloom archives” were sold.

WBGO’s Jon Kalish was there…

Jon Kalish is a veteran feature reporter and an award-winning contributor to WBGO News. His stories are also often heard on NPR.