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Food Shed Project outlines farm accelerator, mobile market and permitting barriers for local food access
Summary
Larimer County’s local food markets action team detailed a three-year farm accelerator, plans for a mobile farmers market and persistent permitting and zoning barriers that limit producer opportunities and farm-to-market access.
Larimer County presenters and nonprofit partners outlined Feb. 10 how a farm-accelerator program, a shared washpack and a soon-to-launch mobile market aim to increase local-food access, but noted permitting and zoning remain major barriers for producers.
Carly Donahue, executive director of Food Shed Project, described the group’s farm business accelerator on 15 acres at the Floristore Sol site, an ongoing partnership with Poudre Valley Community Farms and programming that includes business coaching, market links and hands-on training for new and transitioning farmers.
Why it matters: Increasing farmers’ access to processing, markets and…
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