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A Kansas Community Dedicated to Providing Access to Locally Grown Food

August 08, 2014 USDA Rural Development State Director in Kansas, Patty Clark

Lawrence, Kansas has been building a local/regional foods movement since the early 1970’s. In other words – they made local foods “cool” long before the local food movement and Farmer’s Markets gained in popularity across the nation. The movement started with the creation of a retail food...

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