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Wholesale Distributors of Locally Grown Food

Fair Food is dedicated to bringing locally grown food to the marketplace and to promoting a humane, sustainable agriculture system for the Greater Philadelphia region.

Info

Mission & History
Services for Farmers and Artisans
Services for Chefs & Buyers
Farmstand - selling products from over 90 farmers
Event Calendar
[Glossary of food sustainability terms]

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-Dedicated to bringing locally grown food to the marketplace and to promoting a humane, sustainable agriculture system for the Greater Philadelphia region.
+== Wholesale Distributors of Locally Grown Food ==
-Fair Food has been uniting local farmers with businesses and consumers for over a decade. We promote the importance of family farms and create a year-round marketplace for fresh, local and humane food products in the Greater Philadelphia region. We provide an assortment of programs and services that contribute to a strong and sustainable local food system. Supporting farmers, connecting consumers, educating the public and celebrating the joys of local food.<br>
+'''Fair Food''' is dedicated to bringing locally grown food to the marketplace and to promoting a humane, sustainable agriculture system for the Greater Philadelphia region.
-=== History  ===
+== Info ==
-Fair Food was founded in 2001 by Philadelphia entrepreneur, Judy Wicks, to build a sustainable and humane local food economy by spreading the local purchasing practices of her restaurant, White Dog Cafe. Ann Karlen, founding director of Fair Food, began her work by connecting the local farms supplying the White Dog to a larger marketplace of restaurants and stores, while continually bringing in new farmers. With humble beginnings, Ann ran Fair Food for the first four years from an office in Judy’s house, with financial support from the White Dog Cafe and its customers, many other generous individuals, and private foundations. White Dog Community Enterprises, the non-profit affiliate of the business, provided an institutional home and services to Fair Food until it spun off as an independent organization in 2009.
+*[http://www.fairfoodphilly.org/mission-history/ Mission & History]
+*[http://www.fairfoodphilly.org/farmers-artisans-home/ Services for Farmers and Artisans]
+*[http://www.fairfoodphilly.org/chefs-buyers-home/ Services for Chefs & Buyers]
+*[http://www.fairfoodphilly.org/farmstand/ Farmstand - selling products from over 90 farmers]
+*[http://www.fairfoodphilly.org/industry-news-events-1/ Event Calendar]
+*[Glossary of food sustainability terms]
-Fair Food started with the narrow focus of connecting farmers and chefs as a strategy for keeping more farmland in production, and now works with a broad range of buyers, as well as hundreds of producers, from the small-scale diversified farmer to midsize growers who supply colleges, hospitals, and other institutions.
+==See Also==
-Over the past ten years, Fair Food has built demand for local food across all sectors of the food system. Along with our partners in the field, our work has created a paradigm shift in the public’s perception about what we eat by shining a spotlight on the men and women who grow our food.
+*[[Local Food Guide]]
+*[[Judy Wicks]]
+*[[Sally McCabe]]
-=== See Also  ===
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-[[Local Food Guide|Local Food Guide]]
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+[[Category:Is-Nonprofit_Organization]]
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