Thursday, December 16, 2010

Pastured

Nice piece by Anne Stanton
Insightful and informative

The Free Range Option

Mention of some of the folks we are in contact with, and nice mention of our "Buying Club" option.

Some insight as to our role:

With Cherry Capital serving as
a distributor, farmers have less paperwork and families have to do
less legwork, because Cherry Capital deals directly with the farmers
and will deliver to a home. A minimum order is $400, said Evan Smith,
senior operations manager.

“One of the issues that we as a community need to address on local
food is what is the value of distribution,” Evans said. “Some farmers
are distributors, but they would rather just farm, and we need, as a
community, to sort out how we want to value distribution. The exciting
thing is that the community is having a conversation on how food can
be fresh and delivered on a regular basis.”

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