Source: NATIONAL SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE COALITION, 10/8/14


Note: This is the first in a three-part series providing a closer look at some of this year’s Value-Added Producer Grant award recipients.

You can buy almost anything online: clothes, books, electronics.  And now, you can add local food to the list.
FarmieMarket—an online farmers market in New York’s Capital Region—is bringing local food purchasing into the Digital Age, both improving access to fresh local food and giving local producers an economic boost.

FarmieMarket is one of 247 farm businesses in 46 states to receive a Value-Added Producer Grant (VAPG) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural Development Office.  The $24,490 grant will help the online market expand its customer base and geographic distribution of local food products.

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