Grocers' 'local produce' deals bring farmers some security
Story Date: 10/28/2011

 

Source: Zlati Meyer, NEWS & OBSERVER, 10/27/11

 

The peppers, cucumbers, pumpkins and eggplants are only some of the crops Mike Pirrone Produce, a family-owned farm in Capac, Mich., sells to Wal-Mart in Michigan. Other vegetables grown on its 1,350 acres wind up in Kroger grocery stores.

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