Did You Know?

• For every dollar you spend on food as a consumer, family farmers now receive 10 cents or less, compared to as much as 70 cents just a few decades ago. When you buy directly from family farmers, you still get an affordable product, and you also are ensuring the farmer receives a fair price.
  
  
• Large corporate agribusinesses have turned to practices that can hurt the environment and/or human health, such as heavy toxic pesticide application and factory farming. When you support a family farmer, you're supporting farming methods that can help the environment.
  
  
• The average plate of food in the United States has traveled around 1,300 miles from source to table. When you buy locally, you are reducing the use of energy and fossil fuels by reducing the distance your food travels.

CCI helps you connect to local producers
Check out the map and links to learn more about these farmers' practices and the products they have to offer. Click here to learn more...

Find a Farmer's Market in your area:
http://www.agriculture.state.ia.us/pdfs/farmersmarket.pdf