Weekend bicycling report: Changes in Farmer's Market, Square for August 4

Today's ride through the Arboretum, around Monona and back to the Capitol Square reminded me that next week there will be some significant changes at the Farmer's Market.

On Saturday August 4, the pedestrian flow will be reversed and the procession will be clockwise. In an effort to reduce greenhouse gases, organizers of the Farmer's Market (FM) want everyone to try this new routing to test the theories of University of Wisconsin scientists from the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (AOS).

AOS researchers believe that mammals consume fewer calories and emit fewer gases if they move in a clockwise rather than a counterclockwise direction when in the Northern Hemisphere.

FM organizers are making two other requests of patrons. First that no children under the age of six be on the grounds unless they walk; the consumption of cheeses and uncooked vegetables by children contributes significantly to hydrocarbons if the children are in strollers and carriages according to researchers from the UW Department of Agriculture and Applied Economics.

Finally, anyone who drives to the market is asked to hang their car keys around their necks so that observers can get an accurate count of those who did not walk, ride a bicycle or take the bus or trolley.

 

Comments

[BairbreSine]

Aren't you afraid that this will upset the balance of nature and start cause a small but very destructive tornado to occur in downtown Madison? Just think of all that pastry and all those vegetables being whirled away! They could end up in Rockford! Ohhhh the humanity of it all.

B