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The average food item travels 1550-2480 miles (2500-4000 KM) in the U.S.

–The WorldWatch Institute, "Home Grown," 2002

Why Buy Local

Why should you buy locally grown food?

You'll get exceptional taste and freshness, strengthen your local economy, support endangered family farms and so much more.

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About FoodRoutes

FoodRoutes welcomes you to our site. We are a national non-profit dedicated to reintroducing Americans to their food     the seeds it grows from, the farmers who produce it, and the routes that carry it from the fields to our tables. Please check out the following links to find out more about us.

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