I just read an interesting article from Monica Eng at the Chicago Tribune. The article talks about the big debate going on right now about locally grown food. Some are calling the Locavore movement and elitist fad and question the math used when talking about food miles. We’re not here to say who is right or wrong but last year we talked with California grower Mike Reimer about the Local VS Locale debate. Check out the clip to see what he thinks.
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Local VS Locale
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010The Gap Between Farmers and Consumers
Saturday, October 3rd, 2009While working on a summer long project called PPNTV, we had a chance to talk to Organic stone fruit grower Vern Peterson. PPNTV is a collection of videos from California peach, plum and nectarine growers. They want to help bridge the gap between producers and consumers. California grows 70% of the nations peaches and not all of the growers have the ability to participate in farmers market programs outside of the San Joaquin Valley. They still understand however, that special connection consumers and growers have at the farmers market.
So, in that same spirit, California peach growers want to give their consumers the opportunity to start a dialogue. Comments on www.IHeartPeaches.com or on the growers PPNTV page on YouTube or Vimeo will get back to the growers - they grow with the consumer in mind and would love to hear from them.
Vern Peterson - Consumer Disconnect From Farmers from PPN TV on Vimeo.
