Lynn
Patricia Foreman wrote:
> Earlier this year I attended a two-day organic symposium in Maryland. One of
> the guest speakers was from Whole Foods. She spent 4 hours telling some 50
> farmers how hard it is to find local farmers to buy food from and how
> desperately Whole Foods tries to do so. As far as I know, however, not one
> farmer that day got any contract, or encouragement to grow for Whole Foods.
> The following week I spent most of a day on the phone trying to connect with
> buyers from Whole Foods stores in Maryland, Virginia an d North Carolina.
> Not one person returned my calls. So much for supporting local farmers. I'm
> afraid Greg Gunthorp is right, Whole Foods uses the "local farmer" bit as a
> gimmick to increase sales of their mostly conventional products.
>
> Andy Lee
> Good Earth Farm
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