The US has more than 8,700 farmers markets, where roughly 40,000 farmers sell their products. Recently, they’ve been getting a bit more attention thanks to a series of high-profile food recalls. Americans’ confidence in the safety of their food is being tested, and buying direct from your local farm could be the answer.
Some produce travels hundreds or thousands of miles from where it’s grown to where it’s sold, passing through processing, storage, and distribution facilities. One advantage of a small local farm is the direct journey the produce takes from the field to the customer. But how does a small family farm business compete with major grocery stores for customers, and what’s behind their sales pitch for safer and fresher food? Vox producer Benjamin Stephen took a drive out to Camarillo, California, to a small family farm to find out. #food #health #farmers
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