Do Locavores Have a Dilemma?
Food produced on small farms close to where it is consumed- or local food for short-accounts for only about 2% of all the food produced in the US today, but demand for it is growing rapidly. According to the US Department of Agriculture, sales of food going directly from farmers' fields to cons...
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| description | Food produced on small farms close to where it is consumed- or local food for short-accounts for only about 2% of all the food produced in the US today, but demand for it is growing rapidly. According to the US Department of Agriculture, sales of food going directly from farmers' fields to consumer's kitchens have more than tripled in the past twenty years. During the same period, the number of farmers' markets in the US has quintupled, and it's increasingly easy to talk about CSAs -- community-supported agriculture operations where consumers up front for a share in the season's output-without explaining the acronym. |
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