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Seeking 20 Farm, Fish and Food Businesses to Join the Faces of New England Project
Seeking 20 Farm, Fish and Food Businesses to Join the Faces of New England Project
News posted by Healthy Food Team on February 21, 2017
US & Canada
Health Care Without Harm’s Healthy Food in Health Care New England Program supports the development of a sustainable New England food system. To meet this goal we work with healthcare facilities to increase their procurement of local foods. Now, with support from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Local Food Promotion Program, we are able to support regional farm, fish and food businesses to serve this institutional market.
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