Posted by Dave in GA on February 03, 2010 at 08:37:57 from (163.246.18.120):
I work in foodservice. The biggest trend in the industry is a push to sourcing and purchasing our produce, meats, dairy from local farms. The push is also for these goods to be organic if possible, antibiotic-free, and other health-conscious considerations. The colleges and universities are big on this campaign right now, almost to a hysteria. We are so accustomed to buying that vast majority of our produce from California and Florida for so many years, that trying to find locally grown food is a real challenge. Not many farmers in GA grow crops other than peanuts, hay, onions, cotton, etc. People involved in the locally-grown movement are going out to the farms, speaking with farmers, and trying to generate interest in farmers to grow produce and raise cattle and chickens for the regional restaurants, grocery stores, schools and institutions. Even the local grocers are promoting some locally-grown foods when they"re available. The concept is a lot like in the old days when our food came from local farms in our communities, instead of being trucked across the country, and from South America. Granted, we"re never going to grow bananas in Georgia (unless Al Gore is right).
I"m wondering if this trend is sweeping across other parts of the USA also, and if any of you rural folks and farmers on this site have been approached by people in their communities asking them if they"d be interested in growing certain crops, or raising livestock (like grass-fed beef) for the local, regional consumers. There is a growing number of farmers and ranchers in GA who are getting on the bandwagon since a demand is starting to take off. It"s a reversal of the big, corporate farms that have dominated the scene for the last 40 or so years.
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