Getting local foods to local tables: Part III, a farmer’s perspective
By Rebecca GerendasyJanuary 11, 2010 After all the planning, planting, and harvesting, how does a farmer get all that food distributed locally?
“Even with bizarre weather patterns and climate change, even with the seemingly random challenges every natural system throws in one’s way, connecting the food they produce with the people who want to eat that food remains their biggest challenge.”
Stephanie Turco and Paul Alward, of Veritas Farms in New Paltz, NY, share how they face this challenge and what they have learned and gained from it.
Tags: agriculture, business, buyer's club, csa, distribution, eating fresh, eating local, fair living wage, family farmers, farmers market, farming, Local Food Economy, meat, produce
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