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[Editor's note: Cross-posted from the USDA blog.] It all started with a little red wagon and six pumpkins. Growing up on his family’s farm in Suamico, Wis., Brian Gronski’s family had a large garden and five acres of pick your own raspberries. One year, Gronski’s father provided his sons with a small spot to grow [...] Mar 12, 2012 Winter Farmers’ Markets in the Midwest For 18 years, Tony Ends of Scotch Hill Farm worked hard to develop direct marketing opportunities for his family’s crops and products.
Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food - Home
At a farmers’ market, most local produce has been picked inside of 24 hours. It comes to you ripe, fresh, and with its full flavor, unlike supermarket food that may have been picked weeks or months before. Close-to-home foods can also be bred for taste, rather than withstanding the abuse of shipping or industrial harvesting. Many of the foods we ate on the 100-Mile Diet were the best we’d ever had. Buying food today is complicated. What pesticides were used?
100 Mile Diet: Local Eating for Global Change » Why Eat Local?
Farmers are finding new ways to shorten the marketing route, delivering products directly to their customers. Farmers' markets, CSA , agri-tourism, farm entertainment, direct sales to businesses and home delivery are only a few ideas. Fun, hands-on activities include: pick-your-own, educational tours, pumpkin patches and agricultural mazes.
Direct Marketing : Alternative Marketing and Business Practices : Alternative Farming Systems Information Center
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Local Food - Find, Buy, and Sell on Local Dirt
The best organic food is what's grown closest to you . Use our website to find farmers' markets, family farms, and other sources of sustainably grown food in your area, where you can buy produce, grass-fed meats, and many other goodies. Want to support this great web site? Shop in our catalog for things you can't find locally! Oak Hill Farms ( Moravia, New York )
Local Harvest / Farmers Markets / Family Farms / CSA / Organic Food
Fresh, locally grown foods are important for a number of reasons. We encourage everyone to educate themselves on where their food comes from. Only then can they choose food items that have a positive impact on their bodies, their communities and their environment. Buying locally & sustainably grown food is good for YOU. Food tastes better and is more nutritious when it’s fresh. Foods grown using organic farming practices come to your table with no harmful pesticides.
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