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Eat Here: A haven for food safety fighters
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More and more consumers are demanding produce grown near their homes, and small farmers are happy to oblige.
The problem is how to get locally grown fruits and vegetables into local kitchens.
Produce distribution in the U.S. is still dominated by big companies that buy and sell in huge volumes, trucking goods across state and international lines. But in a corner of northern Michigan, one entrepreneur is using his experience as a chef and wholesaler to solve one problem facing small farmers.
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"I had grocery stores, some of my chefs were interested in them, and one of them one day said, 'Run down to Friskes and bring me back a box of cherries. I don't have time to do it,'" Hahn recalled. "So I did and sent him an invoice. That was the start of it all."
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Fossil Fuel
