Here's an article from a local NC, USA newspaper, but I think it's the same about everywhere...
http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pb...=2009903080341
Quote:
When it comes to locally grown food, produce usually grabs the headlines.
It's eye-catching, bountiful at local tailgate markets, and it's relatively simple to grow and sell.
But demand for locally produced meat also continues to boom in the mountains as people seek out a connection with their food providers and a healthier alternative to mass-produced products.
“People are so disconnected from farms nowadays that they desperately want a relationship with a farm,” said Jamie Ager, who with his wife, Amy, runs Hickory Nut Gap Farm in Fairview, where their meat operations have enjoyed annual growth rates of about 20 percent since they started eight years ago. “It's almost like an innate thing — you need to have this relationship with the land, and we help provide that relationship.”
Sales are up
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