Consumers are generally unaware of the benefits of buying legitimately locally and sustainably produced foods coming from local family farms and crops, so critical questions present themselves; what are the benefits of buying local & what more to them is there to consider than just being produced close to home? ... These farmers have made a profession out of growing and distributing foods the way they were meant to be grown and desperately depend on their net income after taking into consideration the costly factors of owning a farm and selling their products at a reasonable price for buyers....

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