“The wholesale market at Whole Foods Market Interbay store offers a great opportunity for local producers to make new direct market connections with a variety of institutional buyers, from restaurants to school districts and hospitals.” Mary Embleton, Cascade Harvest Coalition. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Lucy Norris; Puget Sound Food Network (PSFN), 360-336-3666 Calling all Buyers…
Chris Johnson, a PSFN member buyer and regular at the Skagit WholeSale Market, likes to keep us in the loop about his weekly Farm Fresh Friday menu at United General Hospital in Sedro-Woolley, WA. I had a chance to dine there yesterday and was so impressed, I wanted to share it with our readers. Here…
Across the country, there are a growing number of hospitals getting involved with the local food movement. Right here in Northwest Washington, we have plenty of great examples to boast about. Last week PSFN’s Lucy Norris caught up with one such leader: Chef Chris Johnson, Food Services Director at United General Hospital in Sedro-Woolley, WA….
Yesterday morning, June 24th, area food producers gathered in the covered parking lot of the Skagit Valley Food Co-op to sell their products to a variety of new and existing wholesale customers. In less than two hours, sixteen Skagit and surrounding area buyers, including Nell Thorn, Mt Vernon Schools and Skagit Valley Hospital, came to…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jodie Buller; Skagit Valley Food Co-op, (360-336-5087×136), or Lucy Norris; Puget Sound Food Network (PSFN), 360-336-3666 June 22, 2010 [Mount Vernon, WA] – Area food producers are preparing to sell their products to wholesale customers in the covered parking lot of the Skagit Valley Food Co-op on Thursday mornings from 8-10 a.m.,…
“This project is the result of local food stakeholders banding together to re-assemble and re-integrate a food system by returning to an older way of doing business. We’re not re-inventing the wheel, but putting the spokes back together – and re-using it. We are starting small but we need to start something.” Jodie Buller, Skagit…
