Piedmont Local Food is a Reality!

Below is the first invoice for delivery by Piedmond Local Food. This has all taken place in a revarkably short period of time with a great deal of cooperation between individuals and units of local governments. I think this is the first of many orders and am hopeful that this can become an important income stream for our local farmers. It is a win-win situation. The farmers make more money and our local restaurants and citizens get better, more nutirtious foods at a good price. I love it!

Order# 101 Payment Status: Pending
Delivery on 04/01/2010
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Products Ordered

Item Name Price Unit Quantity Total
Degas (Gouda-like hard goat cheese)
SleepyGoat Farm $15.00 Each 2 $30.00
Microgreens-Broccoli
Seed Sowers $10.00 Container 1 $10.00
Jerusalem Artichokes / Sunchokes
Seed Sowers $9.00 Bag 5 $45.00
Pea Shoots
Faucette Farms $8.00 Container 2 $16.00
Sun-Dried Tomato (1 oz. bag)
Running Pine Herb Farm $3.00 Bag 2 $6.00
spring onions
Seed Sowers $2.00 Container 4 $8.00
Sub Total $115.00
Delivery Fee $20.00
Total $135.00


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Farmers Fresh Market in Rockingham County


The Farmers Fresh Market program has expanded into Rockingham County - a rural community about 3 hours north east of Rutherford County, on the border ofa the North Carolina and Virginia state line. The Rockingham County Business & Technology Center (a sister organization of Foothills Connect, and one of 7 BTC's in the state), the Rockingham Cooperative Extension and Piedmont Local Food have been working together for over a year to organize local farmers into a Local Food Coalition and adopt the Farmers Fresh Market model.


About 50 farmers in Rockingham, Stokes, Caswell and Guilford counties joined the coalition, and the online market made its very first sale last week to the Marisol restaurant in Greensboro. Brenda Sutton, Director of the county office of the N.C. Cooperative Extension, said the coalition expects the market to generate $60,000 in revenue this year and become self-sustaining by the third year.

The Rockingham County web site, www.piedmontlocalfood.com, already has a mouth-watering display of farm fresh items available for purchase by restuarants in Rockingham, Stokes, Guilford, Caswell, Forsyth, and Surry Counties. Gourmet cheeses, free range eggs, microgreens, fresh herbs, sweet potatoes, and sun-dried tomatoes are some of the tasty items up for sale.

Congratulations to Rockingham County for their hard work and dedication to building their own Farmers Fresh Market system. Please spread the word about this new, convenient way to buy fresh, local food in the Greensboro and Winston-Salem areas!