Re: WENDELL BERRY: The Agrarian Standard + FRESH AND LOCAL

[Allan Balliett]

Fresh and Local!

Anyone have a FRESH AND LOCAL initiative in their area? (LOCAL HERO is a similar program.) We've got an anti-development person pushing to get grant money for a fresh and local program in this area. Unfortunately, his plans are more for wholesale-from-the-local-farms and retail-from-the-local-supermarket. Maybe I'm blind, but I'm very uncomfortable with programs that do not take into account that local farmers cannot afford to grow at prices dicated by supermarkets UNLESS they are receiving the retail price. (i.e. we have to sell direct)

I'm curious to know if other programs in the country are making an effort to actually lookout for the local grower and his fragile economy.

Thanks -Allan