date:Jan 12, 2017
According to the results from the first Local Food Marketing Practices Survey, released today by the U.S. Department of Agricultures National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), over 167,000 US farms sold their produce using direct marketing practices, totaling $8.7 billion in revenue in 2015.
Farms selling food directly to institutions and intermediates, such as wholesalers who locally branded the product or food hubs, brought in the most revenue at $3.4 billion. The next category, at $3 b