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and as consumers, consumers are wants to know where the food s come from and who s growing itting. for eight years she s is up policed food to grocery stores and res straenltds. tricycle farms is part of an ee coke business helping the consumer all shopping a local growth movement. susan dav enporltd turns to local farmers to provide help. the restaurants are great because they re fwrd trying new things. so far everyone seems to be very happy. we started off with the kitchen as one of our biggest clienls for sure. they ve been wonderful to us. being able to talk to them, it s
demanding to know where their food is coming from, how it is grown, who is growing it. for eight years, she s grown fresh produce she supplies to farmers markets, grocery stores and restaurants. spinach might be one of the favorite items in the corner stores. tricycle farms is part of businesses helping each other and the consumer. all centered around a growing shop local movement. susan davenport, co-owner of a restaurant turns to local farmers, joe jenkins and josh to supply her with produce. these restaurants are really great because they re open to trying new things and saying hey, bring us what you got. we ll use it, see if it works and give you feedback. we ve had this excellent kind of cyclical way of doing things with our customers. so far, everybody seems to be happy. we started off with how the kitchen is one of our biggest clients for sure. they ve been wonderful to us and go through quite a bit of product too. being able to talk to them, it s
waugh and inspire them to think local when they think produce. sally of tricycle farms is dogged about getting consumers to reimagine food in richmond. so she set up a fellowship to help others. kyle was part of that program. he now has his own farm on the tour. it s going to be great to have people out to the farm and show people what i m doing and how it s close to the market here. get people to just see what i m doing. real local rva provides ongoing support by making introductions to the lakewide farmers market. it s an incubator for small businesses. occasionally, one of these little vendors will end up with a shop of their own. seeing how it has impacted the community as well as the retail community. we ve seen new growth in the local businesses and they re successful. that makes us feel really good. it s all interconnected. that s what our goal was. we re seeing that fulfilled.
small but it s nice to glance back and see what people were inspired to create. we are work-aholics, we ll keep grinding it out and not slow down. small business saturday is almost here. the top local movement this year is stronger than ever. it s impacting the way we eat. we recently visited richmond, virginia, a city hanging the way people think about their food. urban farms are popping up around the city and it s having a major impact on community restaurants, breweries, farmers markets and consumers. when sally shah witters decided to start tricycle farms, she didn t look to virginia s countryside. she looked right here in the heart of capital. there s so many things making it popular. they re returning to cities as well. it s a more vibrant place to be. as consumers, consumers are