AFT Farmcast Video: Local Food Fever


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AFT Farmcast Video: Local Food Fever

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www.Farmland.org Watch our special Farmcast video interview with Pablo Elliot, Director of the Local Food Project at the Airlie Center in Virginia. This organic culinary garden was created to demonstrate the benefits of supporting local food systems.

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local, food, project, American Farmland Trust, Virginia, organic, culinary,

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