FOOD ARCHIVES Sales of Locally Grown Produce to Increase; Food Shortages Prompt Suicide
by Victoria Bekiempis
Analysts have reported that U.S. sales of locally grown produce have reached $4.8 billion — and they expect that number to hit $7 billion in 2011.
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