Farmers markets taught me about democracy

Communication is important. But it isn't enough anymore.

My husband and me at a farmers market in Newington, Conn./Photo by Anna Piech

Every summer Saturday for the last decade, I engage in my double life. I help my husband Pete operate a stall at a farmers market to sell the wide variety of vegetables, garlic and fruit that he grows on our acreage. 

He, the introvert, smiles and says little. I, the extrovert, …