Local Vendor Spotlight

Keeping our local food system healthy and strong is a community effort. As with any system of trade, it requires a dynamic variety of moving parts to function. So, what separates our beloved system from the national food system? While there are some clear differences, such as boosting our local economy and access to fresher fare on store shelves, one key notion to remember is that it is still a work-in-progress.

In 1892, a group of rural New England dairy farmers gathered together in hopes of solving what to do with their surplus supplies of raw milk. Because it was so difficult to store milk without refrigeration in those days, they needed to find a solution for turning their abundance of milk into a product that could be stored for a longer period of time.