More local meat, produce and grains will be hitting food bank shelves this summer thanks to a more than $500,000 Local Food Purchasing Agreement Grant for the Food Bank of Wyoming from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The goal of the funding is to buy more food from small-scale Wyoming producers and distribute it to folks in need across the state.
Central Wyoming College knows local. CWC leads the Grow Your Own: Food, Jobs and Communityinitiative to increase the availability of locally-grown food and expand employment and businessopportunities in agriculture.
Dr. Jesse Miller of Casper and his Mom couldn’t find produce fresh enough in Wyoming supermarkets, so he went to another source the state’s small growers. That began Eat Wyoming, which delivers super-fresh local produce even produce no one thinks is grown in Wyoming.