With a brand new Whole Foods on Bowery (and, seemingly, everywhere else), will neighborhood organic markets wither? Indie rocker Jason Trachtenberg, who leads the Trachtenberg Family Slideshow Players when he's not stocking shelves at the all-volunteer 4th Street Co-op, fears losing customers to the giant supermarket. "They’ve completely oversaturated the organic market, and they’re not even all organic," says Trachtenberg . What did Whole Foods say in its defense? Find out about the benefits of foot traffic over on Grub Street.

Bowery Whole Foods: An Effing Steamroller? [Grub Street]