Source: FRESH PLAZA, 8/25/17

The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services partnered with Ingles Markets to make the connection from farm to grocery store for a group of food bloggers on a tour held in July. “As food bloggers, this group has an audience who is interested in food, and that also includes how food is grown,” said Heather Barnes, a marketing specialist for the department. “Many of these writers had never been to a farm, but they have all been to a grocery store.

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