I’m concerned about the state of our food system here in the United States, and I hope you are too. From April through October all of our fruit and veggies plus eggs, bread, goat cheese and other wonderful goodies come from our local farmers market. All the vendors are 100% organic farmers. They care about their animals, their land, their farms and most importantly the quality and safety of the products they sell. I feel comfortable in that I can drive out to any of these farms and look at where my food is coming from… not many people can say that… yet most people have a farmers market near them. {Check out Local Harvest to find the one nearest you.}
Strict regulation is making it’s way through Congress to limit how these small farms are able to conduct business. The same regulation for industrial sized farms are being applied toward small family run farms {the majority of which make up the sellers at farmers markets and offer CSA shares}.
This is a really interesting article about the state of our food system and what’s happening. I hope you’ll read it, write your Congressperson and stand up for local food!
