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Direct farm sales of food increased 3 percent from 2015 to 2020.<p>But the number of organizations selling locally produced food decreased by 12 percent during that same time, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.<p>According to NASS, U.S. farmers produced and sold $9 billion worth of local edible food directly to consumers, retailers, institutions and intermediaries in 2020.<p>Direct-to-consumer sales of food accounted for 33 percent of that total, while intermediaries and institutions accounted for 46 percent of direct food sales, and direct sales to retailers accounted for 21 percent.<p>“The 3 percent increase from 2015 to 2020 in direct farm sales is a hopeful sign that consumers are sourcing more food from local producers,” said Katie Baker, executive director of FARE Idaho, which was founded in 2020 to help independent restaurants as well as the farmers and ranchers that sell food products to them.<p>One of the main ways ....