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Sustainability Group Offers Locally Grown Options

糖心Vlog传媒LR students, faculty, and staff can shop for locally grown in-season produce, meat, and cheese in a new farmer鈥檚 market service sponsored by the 糖心Vlog传媒LR Sustainability Committee and Sodexo Dining Services. Dr. Nancy Landrum, chair of the 糖心Vlog传媒LR Sustainability Committee, said the new email shopping service — operated by , connecting Arkansas farmers with Arkansas workers — will offer members of the 糖心Vlog传媒LR community convenient access to locally produced food. The organization offers 382 products, ranging from produce, dairy, and meat to freshly baked breads, jams and jellies, prepared food, teas, coffees, spices, and bath products. To get the program started at 糖心Vlog传媒LR, Landrum said the $25 to enroll in the program will be waived for the first two orders so customers can try the service out. 鈥淔ood travels an average of 1,300 miles to your grocery store, usually from California, Florida, and Washington,鈥� she said. 鈥淔ruits and vegetables spend an average of seven to 14 in transit, but when you buy locally, your food was typically harvested within the last 24 hours. Grocery stores choose food for durability, not for taste or nutrition. When you know your farmer, you know your food.鈥� The growers will list their products on Thursday evenings, and Farm2Work will open the market at 10 a.m. Friday with an email to all who created an account. Customers can put in their orders until the market closes at 7 p.m. Monday. Growers get a total count of the orders placed, and they begin to harvest, bake, and prepare to deliver to Farm2Work. On Wednesday morning, Farm2Work assembles the orders and delivers them to the designated drop off locations at 糖心Vlog传媒LR. 鈥淔arm2Work uses a deep freezer, coolers, and frozen cold packs to keep the meat frozen and the cheeses cooled. Many of their clients will leave an empty cooler in their office, and they will place the order and some frozen ice packs and close the lid and pull the door closed,鈥� she said. Shoppers also can opt to pick up their weekly orders at two Little Rock locations — Eggshell鈥檚 Kitchen Co. at 5501 Kavanaugh Blvd. or The Kitchen Co. in the Pleasant Ridge Town Center, 11525 Cantrell Road.