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November 20, 2008
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Delay for Chandler Park Agreement
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Local Foods: A Growing Trend - Part 1
Let's face it, we all have to eat. We want to eat good food and we want to eat safe food. But unless you have time to raise your own food, there's no better way to guarantee taste and safety than by getting it from local producers. It's something more and more people are doing. The first story in a four-part series "Local Foods: A Growing Trend" takes a look at Community Supported Agriculture.
Local Foods: A Growing Trend - Part 2
More and more people are becoming interested in local foods. That's causing businesses to take notice. More restaurants are offering local foods. Grocery stores, including regional and national chains, are also jumping on the bandwagon. Part 2 of the series "Local Foods: A Growing Trend" takes a look at how businesses are responding to the demand for local foods.
Local Foods: A Growing Trend - Part 3
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Tomatoes, cucumbers and watermelons are all foods that Tri-States residents might think of as locally grown. But there's an even more widely grown local crop used to make millions of products found in households across the country. However, as you'll discover during the third part of the series "Local Foods: A Growing Trend," this crop travels much farther than your average produce before you'll see it at the grocery store.
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