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uene Adams Jr., numagw at the family-owned Adams Custom Slaughter in AmissviDe, has also seen an increase in the number of people wanting locally raised and butchered meal.
Tve gotten a lot mare people over the years,” he said. “A lot of people don’t want to buy from the stares.”
Adams oversees his entire process from start to finish to ensure the quality of his products. He also has a state inspector on site.
"I do everything here from the start: I raise it, I kill it and I cut it,” Adams said.
Anyone hungry for locally raised hamburger, steaks, sausage and bacon can buy directly from Adams or pA up some sausage at Mayhugh’s Store in AmissviDe.
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Other Rappahannock stores that carry local food jndmfa the SperryviHe Corner Store, the Epicurious Cow and Roy’s Orchard and Fruit Market.
"Everybody wants to know where the food is being grown,” said Roy Althei; who sells produce grown in his SperryviDe orchard as well as food raised an
to buy more local than they were 1. -f- » mure.
Ahher said about half his customers are lnf«l« ami other half are tourists, mostly from the Washington, D.C., area.
With only 7,000 residents in Rappahannock, local forms have to market their products to customers outside the county The affluent population in the D.C. area is an important demographic.
"We are uniquely poised to capture the market of people who are concerned about,” buying local, Zuschlag said.
Other counties in the region are not in a position to take
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