MERCED -- New efforts to promote the idea of a regional food hub - TopicsExpress



          

MERCED -- New efforts to promote the idea of a regional food hub and to develop a “buy local, buy fresh” campaign in Merced County are now underway. The California Institute for Rural Studies, a group that works to build sustainable communities based on healthy agriculture, had its first informational session with local stakeholders this week. The meeting gathered small- to medium-scale growers, business owners, public health officials, school officials and nonprofit organizers. The purpose, according to CIRS Executive Director Gail Wadsworth, is to organize growers, ranchers and processors so that they can market as a unit. Then the goal would be to connect these producers to businesses, schools and hospitals looking to source food locally. Read more here: mercedsunstar/living/health-fitness/article4040403.html#storylink=cpy
Posted on: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 20:46:27 +0000

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