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“Farmers’ markets aren’t sexy anymore
- bheath on 11 Jun 14
  
  Read on and tell me why Farmers markets have failed to advance the sustainable and local food movement.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Read on and tell me why Farmers markets have failed to advance the sustainable and local food movement.</div>
  
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What we need is a system of local “food hubs” that can process and bundle local foods and deliver them to the places where America eats.
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Perhaps the only thing all these food hubs share is a conviction that there is value in preserving regional identity, artisanal character, and sustainable practices—in saving some products from the great meat grinder of industrial food distribution.
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Some simply bundle the produce of multiple small farms to reach the consistent volumes and product diversity required to supply local markets. Some are purely virtual marketplaces that allow chefs to find available produce from regional farms and buy it directly. Some have a social mission to not only bring foods to underprivileged neighborhoods but to increase food literacy as well, or to guarantee fair prices to farms and farmworkers. And some specialize in incubating new producers like Pete
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See an audio slide show about the Mad River Food Hub at the Reimagining Infrastructure series homepage, www.orionmagazine.org/infrastructure.
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