When Ben Vo opened the grocery chain City Farmer’s Market in 2015, his goal was to create a destination for international ingredients.
The store sold meat, seafood and vegetables from countries around the world, but he said customers kept asking for one thing: water spinach, a staple vegetable across many Asian cuisines that was illegal in the state for decades.
And that demand grew more palpable over the years. One in every ten Georgians is an immigrant, and Asian people now make up more than 7% of metro Atlantans.
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