Claims were brought to Bloomington's attention that Sarah Dye and Douglas Mackey of Schooner Creek Farm had ties to the white nationalist group Identity Evropa. A two-week closure of the Bloomington Farmers' Market followed. The market reopened Saturday after being shut down for two weeks. Read more here.
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The Bloomington Farmers’ Market has been a touchstone of the community for years. But recently it’s become the center of a fierce debate about white supremacy and freedom of speech.
On June 4, IU Ph.D. student Abby Ang submitted a letter with more than 200 co-signers demanding the removal of a vendor named Schooner Creek Farm from the Bloomington Farmers’ Market.
The letter claimed owners of the farm, Sarah Dye and Douglas Mackey, are members of Identity Evropa, a white nationalist group.
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