What is the future of local food in Rhode Island? What is the future of Farm Fresh?
Talk about some initiatives you have for this coming year. The Farm Fresh vision is fresh, healthy food for every family. That means continuing to weave local farms back into the entire marketplace, from farmers markets, restaurants and CSAs to grocers, hospitals and schools. What that means is continuing to rebuild lost infrastructure so that local and regional food production is a mainstream source of our food. That’s critical if local farms are going to make it in the long run, beyond this lucky moment when the local farms regularly make the front of the Dining section of the New York Times. In Rhode Island what this looks like is refrigerated warehouse space, co-packing kitchens, slaughterhouses and public market spaces that are specifically designed with farmers and eaters in mind. Anything else you’d like to add about Farm Fresh? We have a lot of fun with what we do at Farm Fresh. Local food is really all about community and the people and places we cherish. We love seeing all of
