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Eating Local Good for the Economy
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http://news.discovery.com/earth/local-foods-reep-profits-sow...
Submitted by newsposter 6 months, 1 week, 5 days, 22 hours ago
The ERS report finds that fruit and vegetable farms selling into local and regional markets employ 13 full-time workers per $1 million in revenue earned, for a total of 61,000 jobs in 2008. In comparison, fruit and vegetable farms not engaged in local food sales employ three full-time workers per $1 million in revenue
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