I'm in a rural area but probably count as a city since we're surrounded by a sea of blue.
Anyway, I've noticed in the last couple years the "local foods" has really started to gain traction in my area. I think it has the critical mass now not to be a simple fad, might never be a huge market, but I think they'll do fine for the foreseeable future.
Oh, it was always there -- but if you wanted local beef, you had to buy it a 1/4 at a time (not very practical for a bachelor like me, plus I don't have a freezer). Some local vegetable stands that were good market gardeners but poor business folk.
For a couple years I've been buying local backyard raised eggs from the co-op I buy most of my garden supplies and dog food from.
Little bakery/deli in town owned by a well- established local businessman now carries beef & burger from a farm a mile as the crow flies from me.
A young couple who bought a large but kind of stuck in a rut orchard about 8 years ago have been steadily improving their business and expanding their gardens...they have been July (Peaches) -- Christmas on their farmstand, next year they should have strawberries and blueberry pick-your- own so they'll be opening in June.
The Agway carries raw milk from a local farm (as well as pasteurized from another, and local eggs, and even currant juice), and I've found a farm stand a reasonable drive away that sells their own beef and pork along with chicken from another local farm.
Better quality, better tasting, keeps longer, and keeps more money local. And frankly, I find when I'm eating "the good stuff" from my garden or locally raised meats, I eat less. There's something about it that leaves me satisfied sooner then supermarket bought food.
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