Dean Sparks wants to get upstate food on downstate plates. The Central New York food distributor, who's behind regional milk coop Nymilk, is using social media to connect with farmers and eaters. The ultimate goal: Building a distribution system to funnel more upstate farm products into the open maw of the city.
I have met many, many folks from NYC that want to help in getting this Upstate/Downstate link established. They want to support small farms. They want fresh, good food. My neighbor farmers want to keep farming….keep making great food, grow their volumes, and save their farms. They want to send their kids to college, and ultimately to leave a generational heritage that is passed on to their children and grandchildren. Limited access to markets and consumers is choking them.
Sparks is looking for more people to get involved in the effort, and hoping to host an event in NYC this summer.
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