Well in Athens Ohio USA it's very clear there's a connection-- lots of original music (it's a college town), lots of interest in things like contra dancing etc. Our farmer's market goes on most of the year (if the temp. drops too low it's cancelled because of our outdoor venue, otherwise the hardcore farmers and customers come every week). There are lots of organic farmers in our county and the surrounding ones, and we have a local restaurant that serves only free-range, organic, and mostly locally raised food-- and it doesn't have a fancy price tag. A number of local groceries carry the locally raised products. As far as the music-- well, some of our farmers are folky musicians in their spare time, and there are always acoustic musicians playing if the weather isn't too bad. Everything from Native American flute to blues to Old-Time music...