{"id":63177,"date":"2022-07-31T07:09:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-31T12:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=63177"},"modified":"2022-07-31T07:09:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-31T12:09:00","slug":"farm-stops-a-new-way-to-enhance-local-and-regional-food-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=63177","title":{"rendered":"Farm Stops: A New Way to Enhance Local and Regional Food Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There\u2019s no denying that our current food system in the United States is in trouble. With the worsening climate crisis affecting crop yields, the pandemic limiting the labor force, and the war in Ukraine driving staggering inflation, we need alternatives to a largely homogenized system and fast. Now more than ever, we need a localized system that supports the rapidly shrinking population of small to mid-sized family farms, makes food more accessible, and provides full transparency to people who increasingly demand justice, equity, and accountability for the quality and source of their food. Over the past few decades we\u2019ve turned to alternative methods like farmer\u2019s markets, community-supported agriculture programs, and most recently, food hubs. But there\u2019s an emerging method that may just be the key to forming strong, localized food systems.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Enter the small-farm-supporting grocery store, otherwise known as a Farm Stop. A Farm Stop is a mission-driven entity that supports small-scale farmers by sourcing agricultural products from nearby producers, and by operating on consignment. Most people, when they hear the word \u201cconsignment\u201d think of clothing or antique stores, but it can also be applied to sourcing local agricultural products, supporting small-scale farmers, and strengthening local food systems. A good example is the\u00a0Argus Farm Stop<\/a>\u00a0in Ann Arbor, Michigan. This year-round grocery store works with over 200 local farmers and producers. Argus gives the producers they work with 70 percent of the retail price, and takes a 30 percent commission to maintain its operations. This ensures that farmers get the real value for their products.<\/p>\n

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Farm Stops: A New Way to Enhance Local and Regional Food Systems There\u2019s no denying that our current food system in the United States is in trouble. With the worsening climate crisis affecting crop yields, the pandemic limiting the labor force, and the war in Ukraine driving staggering inflation, we need alternatives to a largely […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[33043,33044,3207,6665],"class_list":["post-63177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-liberty","category-survival-2","tag-farm-stop","tag-katie-barr","tag-local-food-production","tag-resilience-org"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63177"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63178,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63177\/revisions\/63178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}