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that vehicle to reach their customers."
Individuals are not the only ones hungry for locally produced food. “We’re also trying to find a way to connect large-scale producers to large grocery stores, and institutions that need high volumes of food," Elliott said.
Waterpenny Farm’s Plaskin discussed the need for local produce to infiltrate the school lunch system. Ac cording to Plaskin, schools are required to buy the lowest-priced food they can. hence the abundance of food and drinks high in fructose com syrup. The challenge in replacing that food with fresh, nutritious, locally grow fruits and vegetables lies in funding.
“It may mean convincing the county to raise property taxes just so our kids can eat carrots instead of (drinking! Coke,” Plaskin said.
Given the emerging strength of the eat local movement, here are great and increasing opportunities for Fauquier farmers, the panelists agreed. While the growth of small-scale local food production has paralleled individual demand for locally produced food, demand from largescale consumers, such as grocery stores and schools, is exceeding the supply generated by local large-scale producers.
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