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Grub on the go: Montana entrepreneurs confront challenges reliably delivering local food

Wanted: Entrepreneurs to operate a reliable delivery service to distribute Montana-made foods and produce to the many restaurants, chefs and guest ranches across this vast state.

Although Montana does have large-scale delivery providers, currently there are no smaller trucking services that deliver time-sensitive goods, said a room full of food buyers and producers Monday during Local Foods Commerce Day at the University of Montana.

How challenging is this situation?

By BETSY COHEN of the Missoulian

Full Story: http://missoulian.com/news/local/article_4a9ab86e-2b42-11df-9845-001cc4c03286.html

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Letter from Langdon: Inquiring Stomachs

Farmer Richard Oswald has had a belly full of big ag’s messages about yields, food safety, and transportation. How about a taste of tabloid journalism?

By Richard Oswald

Secret #1 — Big Food has separated you from your food supply.

The Langdon Enquirer isn’t blowing smoke. Tobacco end-users may still be able to walk a mile for a Camel, but for everyone who eats, food is a long hike. For the average meal, 1300 to 2000 mile treks are the norm. Carbon footprints aside, the truth is that a global shell game of food ingredients means big profits for food companies while making it harder for real life farmers to compete…even when they live right next door. In the meantime it may be easier to buy food from China or Uruguay than from the American Family Farmer down the road. While Big Food loves to include pictures of Family Farmers in their advertising, that’s mostly just for show.

Full Story: http://www.dailyyonder.com/letter-langdon-inquiring-minds-sour-stomachs/2010/03/08/2627

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