{"id":3328,"date":"2010-12-01T16:26:05","date_gmt":"2010-12-01T21:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=3328"},"modified":"2010-12-02T15:33:15","modified_gmt":"2010-12-02T20:33:15","slug":"is-new-york-city-a-north-country-ag-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2010\/12\/01\/is-new-york-city-a-north-country-ag-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Is New York City a North Country ag market?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Big players can make big change.\u00a0 That’s why new laws in California can spark changes in things like emissions and MPG standards nationwide.<\/p>\n

The New York City Council recently issued a report, called Food Works<\/a>, about reshaping the city’s food system.\u00a0 It’s a fascinating document<\/a>, for its slick graphics and illustrative charts and graphs, and for how it traces food around the city.<\/p>\n

Of North Country relevance is the section on agricultural production.\u00a0 It says “our plan is to facilitate urban-rural linkages to help farmers bring their food to city markets”.<\/p>\n

The report hits on a huge obstacle in the growth of the “locavore” movement in the North Country – the lack of mature processing, supply, and distribution networks between farms and markets, whether those be restaurants or supermarkets or whatever:<\/p>\n

For some farmers, retail farmers markets and CSAs will continue to offer the best venue for selling their products, and the City Council will continue to support these direct-to-consumer supply channels. However, for mid-sized and larger farmers who struggle to penetrate the urban market, the city must establish new supply channels to institutions and commercial outlets, and enhance existing supply channels like the wholesale farmers market.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Could implementation of the Food Works vision be a huge boon to New York farms?<\/a><\/p>\n

When I read this report, I imagine city councilors thinking about the Hudson Valley and the Catskills when they locate the farms in question in their mind.\u00a0 As you can see from the map above, much of the North Country is 250 miles from New York City.\u00a0 Is NYC really a viable market for North Country farmers?\u00a0 What kind of produce\/products?<\/p>\n

Are you selling products to New York City?\u00a0 How’s it going?\u00a0 Would you like to?\u00a0 What’s stopping you?\u00a0 These are the questions this report raises for North Country agriculture.<\/p>\n

One thing we know for sure.\u00a0 There are millions of mouths to feed in NYC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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