Page County Grown

There is good news out of Page County on the local food front. It’s an emerging effort, but there was an agri-business forum on February 2 that was well attended, with growers, the public, and industry consumers in attendance. From what I am hearing, the idea includes branding our locally grown food as “Page County Grown” – and the group is setting about getting the initiative organized.

The first item of business is a mission and vision statement, then the courses of action and business plan. There’s a share of folks involved in every aspect of this – from those who run CSAs, to local businesses and organizations like Farmer’s Food, ARA, the school system, and the Mimslyn, and even some local financial institutions.

I’ll look forward to hearing more about their initiatives, and post about this as I have updates. The “Page County Grown” produce that Mary and I enjoy during the summer is a big part of our interest in this project.