Charles Strout
New York, NY (USA)
Role(s):
Local Fork, Inc.
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Location:
New York
Industry:
Internet
Year Founded:
2007
Number Employees:
INVALID
Description:
The demand for local foods has never been organized or centralized in an efficient marketplace. This lack of organization results in a high level of missed sales opportunities or sales being made at too great a cost to the buyer. At the present moment, food service businesses that want to source local ingredients face significant challenges and legwork. “Eating Local” for an individual is often impractical or overly expensive.
Despite these obstacles, demand for locally-produced food continues to explode in the United States. Farmers’ markets are starting across the country in record numbers, and memberships in community supported agriculture groups (CSAs) are selling out nationwide. People feel passionately about eating local, and they are going out of their way to do it.
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