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Sat 04 Apr 2007Market forceClodagh McKenna's TV series on the Irish farmers' markets debuts on RTÉ next week, but the chef and food writer has set her sights on Italy, where she's now living, and learning from the masters of artisan food production, she tells Catherine ClearyEarly morning queues are a daily routine. Here they routinely involve train tickets, cups of coffee or traffic lights. But Clodagh McKenna experienced a different version when she left her apartment building in Turin in northern Italy at 7.30am recently. The residents around the piazza had crowded into the square, all with the single aim of getting their hands on the freshest vegetables.