Farmer’s Share
Posted By Sara Zoe On August 10, 2009 @ 8:22 am In learning | No Comments
From the [1] National Farmer’s Union comes up to date info on the share of retail food dollars (think grocery stores) that goes to the farmers who grew the food.
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The bread and cereal is terrible enough, but we can imagine that processing takes up a lot of that money. It’s the milk, carrots, and potatoes that are really bothersome to me! More reasons to buy directly from farmers — at farmers’ markets and through CSAs, or through short food chain distribution like local stores and restaurants that buy directly from farmers.
Article printed from Seacoast Eat Local: http://blog.seacoasteatlocal.org
URL to article: http://blog.seacoasteatlocal.org/2009/08/10/farmers-share/
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[1] National Farmer’s Union: http://nfu.org/
[2] Image: http://blog.seacoasteatlocal.org/__oneclick_uploads/2009/08/farmersshare.jpg
[3] View a printable version of Farmer’s Share (.pdf) : http://nfu.org/wp-content/080309_farmersshare.pdf
Click here to print.