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Practice Reading: Fill in the Blanks (Dropdown) ID: #46454 Demand
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One    day    in    the    later    1980s,    disaster    Lee    Joness    family    farm.    Hail    in    the    middle    of    July    wiped    out    almost    everything    to    the    harvest    season.    Devastated    and    they    decided    to    start    again,    selling    the    five    acres    of    produce    they    had    managed    to    save    at    the    local    farmers    market.    Times    were    hard,    but    everything    changed    one    day    at    the    market    when    Lee    Jones    was    approached    by    a    chef    who    wanted    zucchini    blossoms.    I    said:    Ma'am,    you    dont    eat    the    flowers.    You    eat    the    zucchini,    he    recalls.    Two    weeks    later,    the    chef    came    back,    willing    to    pay    50    cents    a    piece    for    the    flowers.    'How    many    do    you    want?    Lee    asked.    Word    quickly    that    farmer    Jones    was    the    grower    to    call    for    speciality    product    requests.    Demand    and    the    family    decided    to    give    the    speciality    market    a    serious    try.    Today,    the    Joneses    employ    70    people    and    operate    a    successful    niche    market    firm    with    2,500    chefs    from    all    over    the    country    as    clients.    

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