USDA begins to speak out on in support of local food.
2009 September 3
"Imagine an NGO receiving USDA grant money to construct a community
kitchen where farmers drop off produce and families join cooking
classes that teach about healthy eating while everyone prepares fresh
nutritious meals to bring home… Imagine a community using USDA money
to construct an open-sided structure to house a farmers market…
Imagine a school using USDA loan money to set up cold storage as part
of a larger effort to retrofit the school cafeteria to buy produce
directly from farmers and return cooking capacity for school lunch…
Imagine…"
-Deputy Secretary Merrigan, "Harnessing USDA rural development
programs to support local and regional food systems," August 26, 2009
(Thanks to the for reporting on this)
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