Source: Rhonda Garrison, SOUTHERN FARM NETWORK, 6/9/16

USDA’s National Ag Statistics Service recently launched the first-ever Local Food Marketing Practices Survey to provide benchmark data about local foods. Jen Cheek is the executive director for the Farmers Market Coalition, a national nonprofit with 1,000 members representing around farmers’ markets in all 50 states.

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