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Canada and United States[edit] Due in part to the increased interest in healthier foods, a greater desire to preserve local cultivars or livestock (some of which may not be up to commercial shipping or yield standards) and an increased understanding of the importance of maintaining small, sustainable farms on the fringe of urban environments, farmers' markets in the US have grown from 1,755 in 1994 to 4,385 in 2006,[9] to 5,274 in 2009,[10] to 8,144 in 2013.[1] In New York City, there are 107 farmers' markets in operation.[11] In the Los Angeles area, 88 farmers' markets exist,[12] many of which support Hispanic and Asian fare, and the Los Angeles Farmers' Market has been in continuous operation since 1934.